OHIO Brunner: Provisional ballots to be all paper

[L. Coyote]

Provisional ballots to be all paper
http://www.coshoctontribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070405/UPDATES01/70405020/1002/NEWS01

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The state’s new elections chief on Thursday ordered the state’s 88 boards of elections to record all provisional ballots on paper, beginning with the first elections after the May 8 primary.

Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner said electronic machines assign each provisional voter a number that is printed on a paper record in each machine, putting ballot secrecy at risk if a recount occurs. If the number is visible while votes are being counted, it would be possible to learn the identity of the voter.

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Brunner also ordered boards to adopt statewide standards in voter identification requirements for those seeking absentee ballots. The changes were in a temporary court order issued by a federal judge in a lawsuit last year .....

[Botany]

1. I loves me some Brunner!

Is she kicking ass or what?

[Old and In the Way]

2. I used to think secret ballot was the way to go.

Until it dawned on me how this plays into a Party's ability to steal elections.