( NONE of the local TV stations/Cleveland are reporting it tonight, other than repeating the Information released by the AP, and Brunner was interviewed by Rachel Maddow ).
This is the AP snippet posted on two TV stations websites, Channel 3 is NOT reporting at all..( Nice huh?)
"WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court sided Friday with Ohio's top elections official in a dispute with the state Republican Party over voter registrations.
The justices overruled a federal appeals court that had ordered Ohio's top elections official to do more to help counties verify voter eligibility.
Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner, a Democrat, faced a deadline of Friday to set up a system to provide local officials with names of newly registered voters whose driver's license numbers or Social Security numbers on voter registration forms don't match records in other government databases.
Ohio Republicans contended the information for counties would help prevent fraud. Brunner said the GOP is trying to disenfranchise voters.
In a brief unsigned opinion, the justices said they were not commenting on whether Ohio is complying with a provision of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 that lays out requirements for verifying voter eligibility.
Instead, they said they were granting Brunner's request because it appears that the law does not allow private entities, like the Ohio GOP, to file suit to enforce the provision of the law at issue.
About 200,000 of 666,000 voters who have registered in Ohio since Jan. 1 have records that don't match. Brunner has said the discrepancies most likely stem from innocent clerical errors rather than fraud but has set up a verification plan."
Secretary of State Brunner on Rachel Maddow:::
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Sigh of relief the SCOTUS made a reasonable decision in a timely way that is in favor of the voting public.... is that a ray of HOPE I see?
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