Ohio Ballot Counting Agreement ReachedThe Associated Press
Wednesday, November 15, 2006; 11:05 AM
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Organizations that challenged Ohio's new voter identification
law have reached an agreement with state officials on how provisional ballots
from last week's election should be counted, the attorney general's office said.
The agreement was reached Tuesday after negotiations between Attorney General
Jim Petro, Secretary of State Ken Blackwell and groups challenging the law, Petro
spokesman Mark Anthony said.
The agreement is the latest round of legal wrangling over the law, which required
voters to show photo ID at the polls, and stemmed from Election Day confusion
among some poll workers about what was considered proper ID.
-snip-Under the agreement, approved by U.S. District Judge Algenon Marbley, provisional
ballots cast in error will be counted without any additional investigation into their
eligibility.
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