Ohio_Secretary_of_State

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ohio Secretary of State Ohio Secretary of State The Secretary of State is responsible for overseeing elections in the State of Ohio. The Secretary of State also is responsible for registering business entities (corporations, etc.) and granting them the authority to do business within the state, registering secured transactions, and granting access to public documents. From 1803 to 1851, the Ohio Secretary of State was elected by the Ohio General Assembly to a three-year term. The 1851 Ohio Constitution made the office elective, with a two-year term. In 1954, the office’s term was extended to four years. The Secretary of State is elected in even-numbered, off cycle years, (no Presidential elections), after partisan primary elections. register to vote and simultaneously cast an absentee ballot. On August 13, 2008, the Secretary of State issued Directive 2008-63, which directed county boards of elections to develop procedures for same-day registration and the issuance of absentee ballots at the time of registration. Several lawsuits were filed in conjunction with this Directive. The first suit was an original mandamus action against the Secretary filed on September 12, 2008, in the Ohio Supreme Court that challenged Directive 2008-63. See State ex rel. Colvin v. Brunner, No. 2008-1813. This was followed by an action brought by a different group of plaintiffs in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. See Project Vote v. Madison County Bd. of Elections, No. 1:08-cv-2266. That suit sought named the Madison County Board of Elections as a defendant because it had indicated that it would not enforce Directive 2008-63 to allow same-day registration and absentee balloting. The third case was filed in the Southern District of Ohio on September 26, 2008, by the Ohio Republican Party and Larry Wolpert against the Secretary of State. No. 08-00913. In a decision dated on September 30, 2008, in Appeal Nos. 08-4242, 08-4243, and 08-4251, the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued a decision effectively rejecting the challenges to Directive 2008-63 and denying injunctive relief.[3] The Court of Appeals reportedly issued an en banc Order in Case No. 08-4322, Ohio Republican Party v. Jennifer Brunner, on October 14, 2008, but the decision cannot be accessed from the court’s website [4] until October 15, 2008. 2004 Registration and Voting Controversy The State of Ohio’s electoral votes were pivotal in the 2004 Presidential election result, and numerous questions arose concerning registration, election, and vote counting in Ohio. One of the charges raised was that of "voter suppression," a term for discouraging or impeding people from voting. [1] For example, Representative Dennis Kucinich asserted that: Dirty tricks occurred across the state, including phony letters from Boards of Elections telling people that their registration through some Democratic activist groups were invalid and that Kerry voters were to report on Wednesday because of massive voter turnout. Phone calls to voters giving them erroneous polling information were also common.[2] List of Ohio Secretaries of State See also • Election Results, Ohio Secretary of State 2008 Registration and Voting Controversy Ohio election law created a five-day window (from September 30, 2008, through October 6, 2008) during which a voter may both 1 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Term 1803–1808 1808–1831 1831–1835 1835–1836 1836–1840 1840–1841 1841–1844 1844–1850 1850–1852 1852–1856 1856–1858 1858–1862 1862 1862–1863 1863–1865 1865–1868 1868–1869 1869–1873 1873–1875 1875–1877 1877–1881 1881–1883 1883–1885 1885–1889 1889–1891 1891–1893 1893–1897 1897–1901 1901–1907 1907–1911 1911–1915 1915–1917 1917–1919 1919–1923 1923–1927 1927–1933 1933 1936–1939 1939–1940 Secretary of State William Creighton, Jr. Jeremiah McLene Moses H. Kirby Benjamin B. Hinkson Carter B. Harlan William Trevitt John Sloane Samuel Galloway Henry W. King William Trevitt (2nd) James H. Baker Addison P. Russell Benjamin R. Cowen Wilson S. Kennon William W. Armstrong William H. Smith John Russell Isaac R. Sherwood Allen T. Wikoff William Bell Jr. Milton Barnes Charles Townsend James W. Newman James Sidney Robinson Daniel J. Ryan Christian L. Poorman Samuel M. Taylor Charles Kinney Lewis C. Laylin Carmi Thompson Charles H. Graves Charles Quinn Hildebrant William D. Fulton Harvey C. Smith Thad H. Brown Clarence J. Brown Sr. George S. Myers William J. 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Brunner [3] [1] [4] [2] Ohio Secretary of State Republican Democratic Republican Democratic Republican Democratic Democratic Republican Republican Democratic References [1] http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/ pdf/national/ Brennan_Center_Report_Voter_Purges.pdf [2] http://www.commondreams.org/views04/ 1110-31.htm External links • Ohio Secretary of State Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_Secretary_of_State" Categories: Government of Ohio, Secretaries of State of Ohio This page was last modified on 13 March 2009, at 21:30 (UTC). All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. (See Copyrights for details.) Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a U.S. registered 501(c)(3) taxdeductible nonprofit charity. Privacy policy About Wikipedia Disclaimers 3