Ohio, part 2?

by: Juan Melli

Tue Nov 08, 2005 at 01:11:10 PM EST

Democrats in Newark are saying that the Forrester campaign is challenging an unusally high number of voters at polling sites. Not sure how the challenges are playing out.

Challengers Can:
- only challenge a voter’s right to vote if the challenger believes the voter is not qualified to vote (example: the challenger has information that the voter has moved away and should not be voting at that polling place.)
Note: The challenger must sign an affidavit when challenging a voter.

Challengers Can Not:
- challenge a voter because of the voter’s race, ethnic origin, expected manner of voting, or because the voter lives in a particular ward, housing complex, or section of a town.
- sit with the board workers.
- go to the voting machine during the voting hours.
- touch any election materials.
- challenge a voter directly.
- harass or intimidate any voter or cause a disturbance in the polling place.
- wear any campaign badges, shirts or insignia whatsoever.