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From The Columbus Dispatch

WASHIGNTON, Oct. 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is an excerpt from an article from The Columbus Dispatch, and is being released today by the Republican National Committee:

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Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner made a serious blunder by failing to give county elections boards the names of new voters whose registration records don't match state and federal data. She should comply with a federal court order to release the information within a week instead of appealing the case to the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, as she has said she intends to do.

By trying to prevent county boards of elections from investigating discrepancies in new voter registrations, she is putting partisan considerations ahead of the public interest in fair elections. ...

In addition to discrediting herself, Brunner's attempt to withhold the data undermines the integrity of the election system.

Ruling in a lawsuit brought by the Ohio Republican Party, Judge George C. Smith of U.S. District Court in Columbus said on Thursday that federal law requires that states verify addresses and other identifying data of new registrants and share with the bipartisan county boards the names of people with mismatched data. Brunner released the number of cases of mismatched data but not the names of registrants. County boards of elections need those names to resolve any discrepancies. ...

The Cuyahoga County Elections Board is investigating about 50 suspicious registrations collected by ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now. Registration cards supplied by ACORN had duplicate names, which might indicate that paid canvassers shared names to reach their collection quotas.

ACORN officials admitted to Cuyahoga County officials that their group lacks the staff and internal controls to catch every case of deception. ...

Meanwhile, Brunner campaigned for office by promising to restore trust in the election system and in the secretary of state's office, but once again she is doing the opposite.

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