In Hamilton County, 17 people are registered to vote from riverfront addresses south of Mehring Way - places with street numbers that would put their homes somewhere in the Ohio River.
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Thousands of voters appear on registration lists twice - some as many as six times. At least 589 registered voters - mostly in Franklin and Cuyahoga counties - were born in 1991 or later, which puts them under the legal voting age.
Voters are registered ...
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This has one of the broadest collections of evidence I have seen regarding voter database problems, and it looks like a fair amount of work was put into that. That said, I would call this story broad, but not very deep because it does not investigate any causes. Although this story is unable to give detailed evidence like names for privacy reasons, it does give a few addresses as hints. Also the expected context regarding legal wrangling is included.
As an election official I deal directly with voter database problems, and I know that they are almost all caused by mistakes. Our state databases really do need to be fixed up, and requiring IDs would help. However, the changes required to accomplish both bring us closer to the universal IDs that privacy advocates abhor. Also it is unfair to indict voter databases because they don't match motor vehicle registration records, because it is mostly the latter that are in error. For ... More »
This news report is outstanding journalism. The reporter provides a large amount of information, well organized and with good sourcing. The large number of specific examples are important to understanding the issue, and the reporter is commended for including these details, rather than just a summary.
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