SUPREME COURT RULES AGAINST OHIO GOP
From NBC's Pete Williams and Mark Murray
In a victory for the state of Ohio, the US Supreme Court has overturned a lower court order, freeing the state from a requirement that it share information about voter databases with county election boards.
The AP adds, "The Supreme Court is siding with Ohio's top elections official in a dispute with the state Republican Party over voter registrations... 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."
From NBC's Pete Williams and Mark Murray
In a victory for the state of Ohio, the US Supreme Court has overturned a lower court order, freeing the state from a requirement that it share information about voter databases with county election boards.
The AP adds, "The Supreme Court is siding with Ohio's top elections official in a dispute with the state Republican Party over voter registrations... 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."
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