Fireworks at Columbus EAC Hearing
The Election Assistance Commission visited Columbus on Wednesday, holding a public hearing on provisional voting at the Moritz College of Law. The Cleveland Plain-Dealer has this report, the Toledo Blade this one and the Columbus Dispatch this one.

Of particular note were Cuyahoga County Election Director Michael Vu's pointed criticisms of the Secretary of State's office directives regarding provisional voting, in the days and weeks leading up to the election. Michael Vu was particularly critical of a directive that Secretary of State Blackwell issued in September 2004, requiring that voters be denied provisional ballots unless their eligibility to vote within the precinct could be confirmed. That order was the subject of a federal court injunction, which was ultimately reversed in part and affirmed in part by the Sixth Circuit in Sandusky County Democratic Party v. Blackwell. - posted by Dan Tokaji @ 11:23 PM