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Oct

27

OH Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner, voter registration, on Diane Rehm now


You can listen here now or later via archive.

10:00 Election Day Preparedness
New voter registrations have soared nationwide, but so have questions about how some states are verifying eligibility. An update on registration controversies, provisional ballot rules, and other challenges as polling places prepare for what may be a record turnout on Election Day.

Guests
Doug Chapin, director, Electionline.org at the Pew Center on the States
Eliza Newlin Carney, contributing editor, The National Journal
Mary Ann Flaherty, reporter, Washington Post
Jennifer Brunner, Secretary of State, Ohio

FYI: The U.S. DOJ has been in constant contact with Brunner re: voting issues and the last thing we need is George Bush intervening in Ohio’s elections.  From Ohio Daily Blog:

Jessica Wehrman reports on the Dayton Daily News politics blog this afternoon that the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice has been speaking with Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner for the past week about her implementation provisions of the Help America Vote Act regarding state voter registration databases. Specifically, the federal authorities asked what she was doing to eliminate voter registration applications under the names of dead people and duplicate voter registrations, and she issued directives to ensure that existing precautions in these areas would continue. Spokesperson Jamie Hais said the Department of Justice is “pleased” with Brunner’s cooperation, but will “continue to monitor the situation in Ohio.”

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 10:20 am October 27th, 2008 in Cleveland+, Elections, Jennifer Brunner, Law, Ohio, Politics, Voting, WH2008 

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