http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1163583552246830.xml&coll=2 Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Joe Guillen
Plain Dealer Reporter
Voter horror stories from past elections resurfaced during an NAACP public hearing Tuesday night held to identify election problems and solutions before the next president is elected.
Ohio was the NAACP's first stop on its tour of about a dozen states in an effort to gather information about voter suppression and other obstacles voters face.
Local election officials and others testified at the Antioch Baptist Church on Cedar Avenue in front of an audience of about 50 people, which included Ohio Secretary of State-elect Jennifer Brunner and members of the NAACP's national office...
Anyone who faced voter suppression can submit written testimony within five business days of Tuesday's hearing to: NAACP Civic Engagement, 4805 Mount Hope Drive, Baltimore, MD 21215.
41 percent of Cuyahoga voters took part in election
http://www.cleveland.com/election/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1163583394246830.xml&coll=2Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Joan Mazzolini
Plain Dealer Reporter
A little more than half the active voters in Cuyahoga County voted in last week's election, a bit more than voted in the last governor's race four years ago.
The official voter turnout is nearly 41 percent of all voters on the rolls, including inactive ones.
Cuyahoga County has 1.05 million registered voters, which tops the number of adults in the county by 200,000, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
The county board of elections says the number of active voters -- people who have voted in the last four years -- is nearly 900,000, but that includes people who have moved out of the county in those years...
Over half of Ohio registered voters turned out
http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/116315146781240.xml&coll=2 Friday, November 10, 2006
More than half of Ohio's registered voters cast ballots in Tuesday's general election, the Ohio secretary of state's office said Thursday.
The 53.2 percent turnout - 4.1 million of 7.85 million registered voters - was considerably higher than in the last gubernatorial election in 2002, when just 48 percent of registered voters participated. It was also higher than the 50 percent who voted in 1998 but fell short of the 57 percent turnout in 1994 when Republican George Voinovich trounced Democratic challenger Robert Burch.
The 2.3 million votes cast for Ted Strickland in his win over Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell on Tuesday were the most gathered by a statewide candidate since Voinovich drew 2.4 million in 1994.
Coshocton County had the highest turnout on Tuesday with 77.7 percent of 20,768 registered voters casting ballots, according to unofficial results...
Election success cost an extra $17 per voter
http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1163064993195850.xml&coll=2 Thursday, November 09, 2006
Joan Mazzolini
Plain Dealer Reporter
After the mess of the May primary in Cuyahoga County, where results were delayed for a week because of technological glitches, county commissioners opened their checkbook to make sure the general election would go well.
They spent an extra $8 million.
That's more than $17 for every voter who cast a ballot Tuesday.
Commissioners originally budgeted $1.9 million to run Tuesday's election, which ran much more smoothly than the May primary. They spent nearly $8.4 million. And that does not include $1.5 million for an extra 900 touch-screen voting machines, to ease lines at polling places, and carts to move the machines around...
Agreement reached on Ohio's provisional ballots
http://www.cleveland.com/newsflash/cleveland/index.ssf?/base/news-27/1163599780302810.xml&storylist=cleveland11/15/2006, 8:50 a.m. ET
The Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — 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 two days of negotiations between Attorney General Jim Petro, Secretary of State Ken Blackwell and groups challenging the law, Petro spokesman Mark Anthony said.
The conflict arose after Election Day, when poll workers did not allow some voters with proper ID to cast regular ballots, instead forcing them to cast provisional ballots, which generally are not counted until a voter's eligibility is verified.
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...
Some voters saying machines lack privacy
http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1163065519195850.xml&coll=2Thursday, November 09, 2006
Robert L. Smith
Plain Dealer Reporter
With all the privacy of a walk-up ATM, but little of the protocol, electronic voting machines on Tuesday left some people feeling exposed.
Many voters said they found the touch-screen machines easy to read and easy to use. But they also complained of a lack of privacy and pined for the seclusion of the old-style voting booth.
With the new machines lined up close together in crowded polling places -- and offering bright, readable screens -- some felt as if they were voting for an audience.
"It was just a totally public event. There was nothing private about it," said Murray McKinsey of Lakewood...
GOP hindsight on 13th District is too late
Brown maneuvers and takes Senate seat
http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/116332478298560.xml&coll=2Sunday, November 12, 2006
Chris Seper
Plain Dealer Reporter
Four years ago, Republicans thought they could make Sherrod Brown disappear.
National population shifts required Ohio to eliminate one of its 19 congressional districts, and some in the GOP saw Brown's 13th District as a perfect target. Its odd barbell shape and Brown's unabashed Democratic partisanship gave them all the reasons they needed.
But Brown warned Republicans, who controlled the redistricting process, that if they took away his district, he would run for governor in 2002 against a vulnerable Bob Taft.
Some thought Brown was bluffing, but GOP leaders decided not to take chances: They sacrificed maverick Rep. James Traficant, a Youngstown Democrat who often voted with Republicans but was the subject of a corruption investigation, and left Brown in a safely Democratic district...
Younger voters get first taste of victory
Higher turnout linked to Democratic wins
http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/116332439198560.xml&coll=2Sunday, November 12, 2006
Rachel Dissell
Plain Dealer Reporter
In 2004, when John Kerry conceded the presidency, Heather Fanter sobbed.
The Valley Forge High School English teacher was so completely depressed about Ohio's red run that she and her attorney husband discussed fleeing the state.
Tuesday night, the Cleveland couple were cautious. They ignored exit polls and waited until 9:30 p.m. to settle on the couch with a drink before celebrating and dancing around the living room, glued to the election news until 1 a.m.
"I've been euphoric for the past few days," said Fanter, 26. "I cut out the paper and put it on the fridge. I don't think I've ever voted as an adult and been excited about the outcome. My faith in voters in Ohio is totally renewed."...
A look back from GOP party chair Bennett
http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/116315113181240.xml&coll=2Friday, November 10, 2006
T.C. Brown
Plain Dealer Bureau
Columbus - Ohio voters grabbed Republicans by their political collars on Tuesday and applied a vigorous shaking, but GOP leadership has found a way to plant a smiley face on the results.
Voter anger left heavy Republican casualties at the polls, yet it may have been the best thing for the party in the long run, said party chairman Bob Bennett on Thursday.
"In a very real sense, in some ways, we needed this," Bennett said in a conference call with reporters. "We need a reminder that our service to the people is at their discretion."
Republicans heard voters, but Bennett doesn't think they were yelling about being too conservative...
Boehner fighting the gang calling for his ouster after GOP losses
http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/1163583713246830.xml&coll=2Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Sabrina Eaton
Plain Dealer Bureau
Washington -- House Majority Leader John Boehner of Ohio is battling to keep his fellow Republicans from sending him the way of Marie Antoinette after an election that toppled them from congressional power for the first time since 1994.
Less than a year after the West Chester legislator assumed the No. 2 leadership job in Congress following the resignation of scandal-tainted Texan Tom DeLay, a vocal faction within Boehner's party is calling for his ouster.
Several top Republicans, including Speaker Dennis Hastert of Illinois and Republican Conference Chair Deborah Pryce of Columbus, decided against running for leadership jobs last week when Republicans lost their majority in Congress. Boehner and GOP Whip Roy Blunt of Missouri will face opposition on Friday when Republicans elect their 2007 leaders.
Boehner's campaign for minority leader must overcome challenges from Rep. Mike Pence of Indiana, who chairs the conservative Republican Study Committee, and Rep. Joe Barton of Texas, who chairs the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Blunt is being challenged by Rep. John Shadegg of Arizona, a former Republican Study Committee chairman...
Printer-friendly format
Email this thread to a friend
Bookmark this thread
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
