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[Melissa G]

Voting reform facing test in Ohio

Friday, October 7, 2005

By JOHN McCARTHY
ASSOCIATED PRESS



COLUMBUS, Ohio - Democrats pushing an overhaul of the election system in Ohio - the state that swung the White House race to President Bush last year - are hoping timing truly is everything.

To the Democrats' delight, the four overhaul measures will appear on the Nov. 8 ballot at a time when the long-ruling Republican Party is engulfed in both an ethics scandal and a furor over an ill-fated state investment in rare coins.


"I think the biggest argument for these amendments happens to be the fact that the Republicans are out there saying, 'Well, we don't have a problem,'Ÿ" said Paul Tipps, a former chairman of the Ohio Democratic Party.

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In Ohio, unions and citizens groups calling themselves Reform Ohio Now are promoting the election overhaul measures as necessary to restore people's faith in state government.

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