Oct 7, 2008

Homeless and felons ‘driven’ to vote in Ohio

Getting votes for Obama by “hook or crook.”

Volunteers supporting Barack Obama picked up hundreds of people at homeless shelters, soup kitchens and drug-rehab centers and drove them to a polling place yesterday on the last day that Ohioans could register and vote on the same day, almost no questions asked.

This was done by a pro-Obama group that takes advantage of a quirk in the state's elections laws that allows people to register and cast ballots at the same time without having to prove residency.

Republicans have argued that the window could lead to widespread voter fraud because officials wouldn't have an opportunity to verify registration information before ballots were cast.

This happened to a lesser degree in Ohio four years ago. This year Ohio Democrats seem determined to outdo the infamous Cook County Illinois “dead people vote.”

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