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October 2008 Archives 2009 Board of Directors October 31, 2008 The names of nominees for the 2009 ACLU of Illinois Board of Directors are now available at action.aclu.org/boardelection. The election will take place at the November Board of Directors Meeting. read more » Good News for the Right to Vote October 17, 2008  The Supreme Court just overturned a lower court order which would have forced the Ohio Secretary of State to set up a last minute system to enable county elections offices to weed out voter registration errors based on discrepancies with state motor vehicle and federal Social Security databases - databases that have been shown to be riddled with errors.In a 9-0 ruling, the Court ordered the Appeals Court's temporary restraining order vacated, because the state GOP "... are not sufficiently likely to prevail on the question whether Congress has authorized the District Court to enforce Section 303 [of the Help America Vote Act] in an action brought by a private litigant to justify the issuance of a [Temporary Restraining Order]." The Court did not rule on the merits of the case (the question of whether elections officials are obligated under the Help America Vote Act to throw out voter registrations based on mismatches with motor vehicle or social security databases), the ruling does mean that Ohio will not see more voter disenfranchisement between now and November 4th. read more » |
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