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"Questionable registrations: Fork over voter list, judges tell Brunner."

"Questionable registrations: Fork over voter list, judges tell Brunner." The Columbus Dispatch today contains an article that begins, "Almost as if she anticipated a court ruling a few hours later, Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner promised yesterday to give county elections workers access to a list of possibly problematic voter registrations. The full 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals then ruled 9-6 that Brunner must provide access to a state database showing new voters whose registration information does not match records with the state Bureau of Motor Vehicles or federal Social Security Administration. The decision -- a 50-page maze of majority, concurring and dissenting opinions -- reversed a 2-1 ruling by a three-judge panel of the 6th Circuit last week."

The Cincinnati Enquirer today reports that "Voter fraud battle heats up; Court rulings, lawsuits, calls for investigations all in a day's work."

And The Associated Press provides a report headlined "Federal court: Ohio must check voter registrations."

You can access yesterday's en banc ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit at this link.

At his "Election Law" blog, Rick Hasen offers these thoughts on the ruling.

Full post as published by How Appealing on October 15, 2008 (boomark / email).