Reply #3: secretary of state in Ohio [View All]

changing rules for provisional ballots no less than 6 weeks before election leading to confusion and misinformation (new law -- "a provisional ballot must be cast *in your precinct* -- when the whole idea behind provisional ballots is you cast your ballot, give your old address and new address, and they confirm you are a registered voter, just in a new district (my understanding, please feel free to clarify or change if I didn't get it right) ( http://www.freepress.org/columns/display/3/2004/983 )

BTW: he retracted the 80# paper weight under public pressure (his "reasoning" behind it, as he told Tavis Smiley, was that 10 years ago many absentee ballots were destroyed in the mail machines...) -- though many districts did not take the requirement off of their websites -- and some districts sent back "disqualified" absentee ballots, when it was not necessary ...