Watch closely what is happening in Ohio, today's election troubles are just a test run

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The most conservative part of the state is having trouble with equipment at the polls. A judge has See this ordered polls to stay open until 9 pm.


Ohio Boards of Elections will issue no election results until 9 p.m.


CLEVELAND - Ohio Boards of Elections have been directed to hold all election results until 9 p.m. after Hamilton County extended its polling.

ResponsibleOhio, the organization working to legalize marijuana for recreational and medicinal use in Ohio, won an injunction to keep polls open later after reported voting problems in Cincinnati on Tuesday.

.http://www.newsnet5.com/news/state/ohio-boards-of-elections-will-issue-no-election-results-until-9-pm

[rbrnmw]

1. This what I thought too when I heard about these glitches

I don't trust Husted as far as I could throw him. I hope Anonymous is watching in 2016.

[liberal N proud]

2. We all need to be watching

I worked voter protection once before, I will probably do it again.

[No Vested Interest]

3. The equipment problem was with new tablets used to check in voters' registration,

not the voting equipment itself.
In some cases, voters were offered provisional ballots, to speed up the long lines waiting to vote.

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4. Everyone knows provisional ballots only get counted if the election is close

It is bullshit to even offer that solution.

[No Vested Interest]

5. There may be some close races on the down ballot. nt

Two unexpired judgeships, city of Cincinnati Park levy (fairly controversial since it will be a part of the city charter and permanent), etc.

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7. It's bad very bad

[L. Coyote]

8. Provisional ballots get counted if the voter is verified.

Everyone knows that.

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9. See irisblue's post below

Republican Secretary of State, most Republican part of the state, a state that is critical to winning the White House.

Trust me Ohio will be a GOP target for all kinds of shenanigans next November.

Don't ignore this hint at things to come. OHIO could be the Florida of 2016.

[irisblue]

6. provisional ballots in Ohio have a bad history

http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2014/02/kasich_signs_bill_that_adjusts.html

SNIP
The ballots, cast when a problem occurs at the polls, let voters participate in the election while giving county elections boards time to sort out the problem. An example would be a voter whose name doesn’t appear in a polling book because they recently moved.

SNIP
The bill increases the amount of information a voter must provide when casting a provisional ballot. And it reduces from 10 days to seven the time in which a voter who could not provide proper ID requirement when they voted provisionally to do so at the elections board.

2004 is an ugly fact.

[L. Coyote]

10. Issue 1 - Redistricting - 15% reporting --- 73% Yes

[niyad]

11. the return of ken blackwell?

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12. A protégé maybe