moldyoldy wrote:
I have heard of this happening because they did not count college kids.
True the Vote has been trying to skew election results for several years.
This settlement was over two years ago.
OHIO
True the Vote Announces Settlement in Ohio Voter Registration Case
By: Jesse Hathaway | January 14, 2014
Government watchdog groups True the Vote (TTV) and Judicial Watch have reached “a favorable legal settlement” in their 2012 lawsuit against Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted, the two nonprofits announced in a January 13 release.
In August 2012, TTV and Judicial watch filed a suit against Husted, a Republican, alleging that his office had failed to maintain accurate voter rolls as required by federal law.
The settlement agreement filed on January 10 requires the secretary of state to cross-check voter registrations against the State and Territorial Exchange of Vital Events (STEVE) database each month in order to ensure that deceased voters are removed from Ohio’s voter rolls.
Husted’s office also agreed to begin participation in the Interstate Voter Registration Cross-Check program in order to prevent individuals from submitting ballots in multiple states.
Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicle (BMV) databases will also be utilized for cross-referencing on a regular basis, as well. When Husted’s office recently compared its records to BMV data, it was determined that up to 274 ineligible non-citizens had registered to vote and 17 had cast ballots in 2012.
“Never before has an entire state entered into a settlement to clean voter rolls due to citizen action. Remember, enforcement of the National Voter Registration Act is supposed to be the job of the Justice Department,” said Catherine Engelbrecht, president of TTV.
“Unfortunately, the DOJ has shown no interest in enforcing federal voter roll maintenance statutes. True the Vote and Judicial Watch had no one to turn to but themselves,” Engelbrecht added.
The settlement agreement remains in effect until 2018. Engelbrecht expressed hope that Ohio would use the next four years to permanently codify the practices required by the agreement into state law.
“If you tell the post office that you changed addresses, that information will be shared to update your voter registration,” she said. “If someone dies while out of state, Ohio is charged with obtaining the death notice and saves the grieving family another task.”
Prior to filing the 2012 suit, Judicial Watch shared research indicating some counties in Ohio had voter registration rates far above the national average, including multiple counties where the number of registered voters exceeded the entire population.
In the complaint, Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton noted that Husted had failed “to reference a single initiative” to ensure incorrect and outdated registrations were removed from Ohio’s voter rolls.
A new law taking effect in March may be one of the state’s first steps towards making permanent the provisions of last week’s settlement.
Senate Bill 200 (SB 200), signed into law by Governor John Kasich last month, will require state agencies such as the BMV and Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) to make their registration lists available to the secretary of state in order to facilitate regular reviews of voter data for inaccuracies and limit the potential for fraud.
http://mediatrackers.org/ohio/2014/01/14/true-vote-announces-settlement-ohio-voter-registration-case