Updated: 10/10/2008 3:22:22 AM Posted: 10/9/2008 10:05:59 PM
COLUMBUS -- A federal judge has ordered Ohio's top elections official to verify the identity of newly registered voters.
A U.S. District Court judge in Columbus ruled Thursday that Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner must perform verification required by the Help American Vote Act. That includes matching a new registrant's information with information in databases maintained by the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles or the Social Security Administration.
The order was the result of a lawsuit filed by the Ohio Republican Party against Brunner, a Democrat.
Brunner also was ordered to establish a process by which Ohio's 88 county election boards can access the information generated by the checks.
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