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There are three, which you can read

HERE (Voter ID Requirements)

HERE (Provisional Voting)

and HERE (Absentee Voting)

And here’s the release:

COLUMBUS, Ohio – County boards of elections received additional clarification Friday regarding Ohio’s voter ID, absentee voting and provisional voting laws from Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner.

In three directives issued in response to questions from boards of elections, Secretary Brunner focused on clear, step-by-step information about the voting process. Included in the directives is a flow chart to walk poll workers through Ohio’s voter ID law.  The flow chart will be provided to elections officials at every Ohio polling location, according to the directive.

“As we continue preparing for Nov. 4, 2008, we are responding to boards of elections’ requests for additional direction in three vital areas of elections administration:  voter ID, absentee voting and provisional voting,” Secretary Brunner said.

“Our step-by-step instructions are clear and comprehensive, and reinforce the guidance we have already provided in our Poll Worker Training Manual, Poll Worker Quick Reference Guide, and Online Poll Worker Training.”

Copies of the directives are available on the Secretary of State’s website at http://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/elections/Directives/2008%20Directives.aspx.

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From the Owens campaign:

COLUMBUS, OHIO - Independent attorney general candidate Robert Owens today restated his call for the resignation of the Ohio Police Officers Training Academy (OPOTA) Executive Director Tomi Lynn Dorris. [Read more →]

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Enough said:

CLEVELAND (SEPTEMBER 5, 2008) –Chuck Norris is scheduled to appear at the first-ever “We The People Fest,” to be held September 26, 27 and 28 in the newly-renovated Oscar Ritchie Hall at Kent State University. [Read more →]

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You can read the Court of Appeals decision, called a loss for the payday proponents, by clicking HERE.

And here’s how the payday proponents responded:

Columbus? Ohioans For Financial Freedom said today they will continue to work to ensure Ohioans can exercise their Constitutional right to repeal a bad law, and anticipate they will take their arguments to a higher court. [Read more →]

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From DPS:

(COLUMBUS) - A team of partners has been busy keeping the waterways secure through the Northern Border Initiative (NBI), which is coordinated by Ohio Homeland Security, a division of the Ohio Department of Public Safety (ODPS). [Read more →]

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Guest column released this morning by David Zanotti, President/CEO The Ohio Roundtable:

When the Service Employees International Union pulled their mandatory sick leave measure from the Ohio ballot, their disappointment was obvious. They tried hard to put a good face on their actions, especially with Governor Ted Strickland and Senator Sherrod Brown standing at their side. They claimed they were pulling Issue 4 to avoid a “shrill and vitriolic ballot campaign marred by misinformation and disinformation…” Which begs the question, “When did the SEIU, one of America’s toughest unions, lose its stomach for a fully engaged public debate?” [Read more →]

Tags:   Paid Sick DaysNo Comments.

From the Campaign:

(Columbus)–The Fraternal Order of Police of Ohio today endorsed Richard Cordray for Attorney General.

With more than 25,000 professional law enforcement members in Ohio, the FOP is the largest law enforcement organization in the state. Their support is considered critical to the credibility of candidates for Attorney General, the state’s chief law enforcement official. [Read more →]

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Just released:

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner took action Friday to protect the rights of all eligible Ohio voters and to protect boards of elections from litigation likely to arise from Ohio law that presents conflicts with federal law and the U.S. Constitution. 

 

Providing guidance to local election officials, Secretary Brunner directed that 60-day notices sent by boards of election to voters that are returned as undeliverable cannot be used as the sole reason for cancelling an Ohioan’s voter registration.  These notices are required by law to be sent to voters by boards of elections. [Read more →]

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Here’s the latest from the payday opponents:

Good afternoon advocates! 

The BREAD organization of Columbus will launch a payday lending “Conversations” campaign in October. The pledge card campaign will help spread “Yes on Issue 5.” Read about the campaign on the front page of this month’s COHHIO newsletter: http://cohhio.org/pdf/nl08/NL0908_v2.pdf  [Read more →]

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