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Posted at 10:44am on Jan. 18, 2008 To the Professionally Offended, there *is* no Right Answer
The ACLU sues to prevent a change from a voting method they sued to force a change from...or something. Who really knows with these characters, anyway?
By Jeff Emanuel
Yesterday, the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio (yes, the same one that sued the state over its "Choose Life" license plates, citing "viewpoint discrimination" against pro-choicers) filed a lawsuit to prevent Cuyahoga County (the state's largest county, and home to Cleveland and its surrounding communities) from switching its voting apparati from touch-screen machines to what the ACLU believes represents "unequal, inaccurate and inadequate voting technology."
The new method of voting, which the ACLU -- one of the most "professionally offended" organizations in the nation -- finds so, well, offensive?
The Paper Ballot.
Cuyahoga County is switching to paper ballots for the state's primary election on March 4. According to the Cleveland Plain-Dealer:
The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Cleveland, argues the county's new system violates the U.S. Constitution and Voting Rights Act of 1965 because it doesn't give voters a chance to fix mistakes on their ballots.
The ACLU said it will seek an injunction next week to block the voting-system switch.
In the laughable quote of the day, ACLU staff attorney Carrie Davis said "We take no position on what kind of voting technology is used so long as voters have the chance to check their ballots for mistakes before casting their vote."
Read on.
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