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Wow, justice is finally ringing true for America! Change really is coming and it has OBAMA/BIDEN written all over it!

There go those ACTIVIST LEFT WING JUDGES again! They must be IN THE TANK for Barry HUSSEIN Obama!!!!!!!!! This nation is going down the SOCIALIST road like a basket to hell!!!!!!!!

(That is my sarcastic summation of the emotional whining we'll hear from Conservatives about this decision by the SCOTUS).

Obama 08. Finally, common sense is returning to America.

Wow...the whole concept of LEGAL voters is thrown out – after the Democrats try to get fake voters out to get the obamanation elected.

ACORN – and OBAMA make me sick.

Dave: if you want to blame someone, blame the more conservative leaning supreme court. I grew up in Ohio and the republican machine there is more corrupt than the democrats...

Voter 'Registration' Fraud IS NOT THE SAME as 'Voter' Fraud.

It's all about who ACTUALLY VOTES!!!!!!

OBAMA/BIDEN '08 and '12

EVEN IF McCain/Palin steal the election.........WE WILL REFUSE TO DO ANYTHING WITH THEM IN CHARGE.........WE WILL MOVE TO THE MOUNTAINS......WALL OFF OUR PROPERTY........PAY NO TAXES THAT WILL GO TO IRAQ FOR $10BILLION DOLLARS A MONTH.......NO MORE $10 BILLION A MONTH OF MY TAX DOLLARS WILL BE GOING TO IRAQ......WE NEED TO BUILD OUR OWN COUNTRY BACK UP.........

"Republicans now need a plan B to minimuze the new voters"

WOW! I'm so proud of the decision that the SUPREME COURT made
concerning the voters in OHIO!

VOTE OHIO VOTE!
VOTE OHIO VOTE!
VOTE, VOTE, VOTE!

It does not matter what party you vote for just vote! Let you voice be heard through your votes. That is the loudest shout out any American can give.

Dave – give me a break. Independent – this is not a blow against honest elections. No one has committed voter fraud. No one has shown up professing to be Mickey Mouse. There have been some lazy employees who have filled out voter registration forms with bogus information. That is not voter fraud.

Richard, who is going to start the fires? White people who are afraid African Americans are going to take over. Get a grip.

Seems to me that all those voter records should have been cleaned up BETWEEN elections. There would have been PLENTY of time. Looks like someone hasn't been doing her job to meet the needs of the real voting public. Here we go again – taking up our time after a Presidential election – spending tax dollars – to once again count and verify votes. We already KNOW there has been voter registration fraud. We already KNOW there has been voter fraud. It isn't that there might be a whiff of fraud. This whole issue stinks to high heaven!
And, it insults the American people and this very precious system we have to vote our saviors in and the bums out. Hope we all live through it!

The basic ;principle of this country is "One citizen, one vote" .
Since dead people are no longer citizens, why do they get to vote ?
For that matter, why do aliens (legal AND illegal) get to vote ?
They are not "citizens".

Obama seeks "fairness" for all Americans (just look at his tax plan)
except when it comes to holding an honest election.
What hypocrisy !

There you go, GOP cheaters. We're ready for you this time!

was reading Joe the plumbers conversation with reporter.
"If you believe (Obama), I'd be receiving his tax cut,
But I don't look at it that way. He is still be hurting others."
THANX JOE FOR WORRYING ABOUT 5% OF THIS RICH PEOPLE WHO MADE MILLIONS FROM REAGAN AND BUSH CUTS.
Joe and his employer does not have license and their business does not make $250000 nor he is going to get hurt but he is ready to play republican game to hurt everybody.

Ohio residences should be very upset about this ruling from the Supreme Court. Now they have a few hundred thousand fraudulent possible votes in that state that will made legitimate votes worthless. So much for the old saying “one man one vote”. It should be "fake man two hundred thousand votes."

Give it a rest people. There was potential voter "registration" fraud and it was reported. Voter registration. Not voter fraud. And by all serious news accounts ACORN not only notified officials but ACORN flagged the registrations. FYI, ACORN is not the only group that does these registration drives nor does them this particular way. The McCain camp themselves tried to stop the GOP in Colorado from getting the registrations discarded (because, let's face it, the voters could have been... wait for it... Republicans). I also read an article today from a former Justice Dept official who knows this is just the ususal good ole voter suppresion the GOP uses every single time.

JJ – don't worry about voting, it's already been taken care of for you.

C'mon and smell the propaganda. Get the facts before you go of half cocked about fraud and the dirty democrats. I was a registered republican until a combination of the 2000 elections (floridian) and then Terry Schievo. Pull the ring from your nose and go read and find out what really happened in Ohio then get outraged if you must. Remember, SHEEP get sheared.

Ohio's GOP was just trying to repeat Florida in the 2004 election where pole workers refused to allow low income voters to vote because their names supposedly showed up on a list at election locations of FELONS who were not supposed to have the right to vote.
Hooray for the disenfranchised! You finally one one!

Totally shocking that the supreme court, packed with some of the worst conservative judges in the world, would actually fall down on thew side of the people for a change over the Republican parties transparent attempts to disenfranchise voters in a ket battle ground state. Suck on that Republicans!

I'm looking at these comments and I'm just stunned. Why in the world would anyone be *for* election fraud?? Supporting election fraud when it's for your candidate will bite you later when it's *not* for your candidate. All elections should be honest!

Score 1 for the good guys!

What most people don't get:

You can have millions of fraudulent registrations – not one becomes an actual vote. You need proof to vote, without it you can't, even if you have a registration.

What this REALLY is is the GOP trying to get legitimately registered people off the voting list. If ACORN, an organization that scews democaratic, registered you, and you are legit, the bogus allegations may get you knocked off...thus helping McCain.

How horrible.

GOP corruption arrogance and incompetence????????!!!!!!!!!!!!

Take a look at Congress and take alook at what the cause of the financial crisis and you'll see who the incompetent ones are. But you guys don't like facts just networks and sites that cater to the "glitz and glam of bam". The Democrats are getting off way too easy and just because Fox is the only network that will report anything remotley negative about Obama does not mean the are a GOP network. Obama crying about Fox news is his way of getting his little unknowledgeable kno-nothing followers to not believe all the negative things about the mans life and there are a whole lot of them.

Yea I know blame Fox, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH FBI INVESTIGATIONS, RIGHT? Or the Democrat in Nevada who brought this to the knowledge of most people.

Get over yourselves and next time you talk about incompetence look no further than Queen Pelosi, Barney Frank, Chriss Dodd, Harry Reid, and BARACK OBAMA!!!!!!!!!!!!

Whoohoot!!!

C'mon Ohio- C'mon early voters in North Carolina!!!!

Vote now!! Vote for Barack!!! Gosh I wish Nov 4th would come early!!!

And Thank you Supreme Court.

I still don't understand how this country can't get voting straight so that we don't have any problems!!!

Everyone has the right to vote!!!

I'm not a fan of several current sitting Justices, but I have to give them their due on properly deciding this case by applying existing Federal laws. States may not purge their voter lists less than 90 days before an election. Conservatives who wanted Justices to apply existing law instead of "legislating from the bench" should be happy.

Ok, the way I'm reading it, they didn't let her off the hook for verifying the forms, but they did give her a stay on the deadline of Saturday.

I'm not sure why they imposed the short deadline in the first place. As long as 100% of them are verified by Nov. 4th, then I don't think anyone is asking anything out of the ordinary. It's her job to see that all votes are verified and accurate.

The enormous number that were cast during the week where you can registar and vote on the same day MUST be verified. I find it highly suspicious that the voting organizations were in full swing driving poor, addicted, felons and homeless to the polls during this period as oppopsed to a date closer to the election.

Wow! This is a surprise. I expected it to go the other way.

I live in this county in Ohio and I am disgusted that the voters do not have to be verified! There is enough fraud out there and it should be STOPPED!

Once again... Republicans make last minute attempts to purge voters from the polls. Funny that Republicans are SO worries about voter fraud... yet they are the ones who are the masters at it and the ones that always go to prison for it!!

WAKE UP, AMERICA!! VOTE SMART... NOT SENILE!!!

And we all thought that once Blackwell was out of the way, the Republicans would play nice. If I had a dime for every person, in a non-republican neighborhood, that was forced to wait in line, due to Blackwell only giving us 3 voting machines (one of which broke down), even though we had a higher population density in inner-city columbus (when compared to Dublin, Ohio) why I could pay for the bailout myself.

I hope they all get what they deserve. in other words, throw the bums and crooks out. However, this doesn't exclude Reed, Pelosi, and Dean, because while I support Obama 100%, I will never forget what they did to Clinton, with Mich and florida.

Noah October 17th, 2008 1:10 pm ET

"WHY IS IT THAT EVERY SINGLE CASE OF VOTER FRAUD ... DEMOCRAT."

Well, Noah, it's mostly because Democrats don't make a habit of fighting to disenfranchise voters, the way Republicans do.

This whole game is about delegitimizing the election after the fact, just in case they lose.

McCain would rather destroy democracy than lose an election.

This is absolutely outrageous!!!!

How can anyone sit back and watch this happen!!!

Go figure that Obama supporters are OK with this...and are defending this. If he wins this election, there should be an asterick next to his name...to remind people of the fraud that is taking place!!! Just imagine what would be happening if the it was a Republican in Ohio who didn't want to do anything about this...and the fraudulent registrations were backing McCain...she would be out of a job.

Noah – pay attention. It's not that every case of voter fraud has been on the Democratic side. It's that every case of accusations of voter fraud has come from the Republican side. Doesn't it make you wonder that the Republicans put all their efforts into preventing people from voting? Actually, there have been very few cases of voter fraud. Do you really think hundreds of thousands of Democrats are running around trying to vote more than once on election day, or has it entered your tiny little Republican brain that maybe your party is spending enormous amounts of time and money to find little technicalities so they can disenfranchise people. Why does it always seem to be Democrats who get disenfranchised? Do you EVER see the Democrats running around trying to prevent people from voting? Get real.

Are the Republicans trying to steal this election like they did in 2000? And we call this democracy?

Don't gloat, vote! SOS Brunner is showing courage and TRUE PATRIOTISM. Yes, stand up for one of our very basic rights. Well done.

DEMOCRATS ARE REALLY CALL DEMON-CRATS

CNN Airs At Least 54 Misleading Segments On ACORN -l normally watch Wolf Blitzer situation room and l can tell that several times he has devoted some of these misleading segments l used to respect him not anymore. Furthmore since Jack is not around Wolf is doing his best to campaign for McCain. His best political team this whole week has been campaigning for McCain. Wolf you have lost credibility. l have no respect for you at all and Todd the reporter what a jerk he is. Stop campaigning for McCain fox is doing that for him already.

DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING TO STEAL THE ELECTION CHEATERS

The state Republican party had asked for enforcement of a temporary restraining order, but the justices ultimately denied that request.
Not this time ........Remember FLorida!!!

The Supreme Court made the correct decision. America...wake up. There is not a correlation between voter registration fraud and voter fraud. The Republicans are against any activity that will disenfranchise voters...including early voting. And for all you folks complaining about voter fraud...where were you in 2000 when the Scalia appointed Bush?????

Some of you are obviously misinformed. You have to show some type of identification or voter registration when you vote. No one is going to show up with an ID that say's Mickey Mouse or Tony Romo. Grow up people. This is why I love being in the Army and deploying. So I can fight for individuals who won't take the time to read and research, but just comment aimlessly.

Wake up America!!

Can someone explain:

They voted not to verify because this is a total non-issue.

Say someone registers as "Mickey Mouse" (or some other bogus name) to vote. Nobody catches it and it goes on the books as Mickey Mouse being registered to vote.

Now comes election day. Mickey Mouse is on the rolls. In order for Mickey to vote, now someone has to show up at the polls with ID that matches the info on the voter rolls. That never happens, and hence our democracy is not threatened.

But some people want to use this non-issue as an excuse to remove thousands of names from voter rolls. Are some of them bogus? Sure! Are some of them real? Yes! So let me ask you this: what is the worse crime, allowing fake names to stay on the rolls, or not letting real people vote?

Stop cheating Democrats. Voter fraud....really?? If you're so confident in Obama's "hopes and dreams" speeches, why are you registering non-existent people? And to these Ohio justices, God forbid Ohio has a fair and legal voter count...shameful people the Dems are.

"EVERY SINGLE INSTANCE IT IS A DEMOCRAT"

That's absolutely wrong, there have been many examples of GOP voter manipulation, although the GOP's strategy is usually to try and keep legit voters from being able to vote. Were you not around for the last two presidential elections?

You heard it here. Democrats support voter fraud. 40 year old Joe Sixpack, you wont be siging in 4 years when your candidate has raised your taxes. Democrats just wont learn.

The Republican Party knew of these "problems" for over a year, yet they waited till now to address them.
To me that makes their concerns about voter fraud ring hollow.
I believe it was a ploy by Republicans to supress what they considered anti-Republican voters.

The FBI is investigating so if they come up with something about ACORN this can go back into the courts. I am sure with all these watch dogs out they won't let people vote if it doesn't match their ID doesn't match their registration.

40 year old "Joe-Six Pack" for Barack&Biden October 17th, 2008 1:01 pm ET

I just voted in NC. Barack's name on the ballott is at the top, where he belongs. A win for Barack= A win for the world.
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Dude, all I gotta say is, you frickin RULE! WTG, I can vote early here in Florida on Oct. 20th and you best be believin' The big O is getting my vote as well.

I cant stop laughing at the Republicans.Their desperation makes me so happy.

Awesome!! The fix is in!

THERE IS NO VOTER FRAUD!!! How can there be voter fraud before there is actual voting? This was nothing but a Rethuglican ploy to quash the vote just as their supposedly "investigation" request of ACORN is. ACORN is the one submitting the suspicious registrations to be reviewed. NOT THIS TIME!

THE REPUBLICANS ARE AT IT AGAIN THEY WANT TO STEAL THIS ELECTION!

funny,
you see the Peanut & testicle Jesse in waggaddooo..
crying about fraud in some 3rd world toilet country
and we DON'T want to do it..
like she said..we never checked before..
why start now....

Can someone please tell me what the issue is with ordering Ohio to verify all votes? They have plenty of time until Nov 4th.

...not block them, just verify them.

Its about time the Supreme Court did the right thing!

The gave the Presidency to George W. Bush Eight years ago and now they are seeking retribution because they know they made a BIG mistake!

The GOP is trying to steal another election!

So you all agree with the Supreme court . Well good for you I'm glad you think it is ok to break the law when it benifits you. For me I thought this country was bse on the rule of law and not on folllowing it only when it benifits your party. When this country is a socialist country and you have to give your life to the government I hope some of you will rethink your ideas. I for one do not want to live in a socialist country. Go GOP I hope you will start to fight harder we need you

If the repubs say that the Supreme court is in the tank for Obama I will LMAO. And that should be the last straw for voters as well the final nail in the coffin for republicans, because all they are doing is whining that the whole world is against them and in the tank for Obama. DUH, look what the Bush Administration did to have us in this economic turmoil. Quit your whining and depart in shame in November

What is there to hide? There is a Federal law in place REQUIRING this information be verified. Ohio's Democrat Election officials are ignoring a Federal law requiring the info be checked against the State's Driver's License database AND the Federal Govn't Social Security database. Is it just me, or does this stink to high heaven?

I am glad that the Supreme Court seems to understand things that so many people do not.

funny,
you see the Peanut & testicle Jesse in waggaddooo..
crying about fraud in some 3rd world toilet country
and we DON'T want to it..
like she said..we never checked before..
why start now....

just another example of the Republicans trying to supress voters. they used to do it with guns and horses. now they do it with lawyers and conservative judges. let american voters speak. the republicans are going to try to convince us that 10 phony registrations is worth supressing MILLIONS of voters. let democracy prevail. vote OBAMA.

Another fact of Obama lying. He donates $844,000 to ACORN to buy votes!!! That is what is happening even if they are fraudulent!! He and ACORN need to be indicted. Obama should also be indicted on treason charges as he attempted to coerce Iraqi officials to delay US troop withdrawal until a new administration.

How much does it cost these days to buy votes????????
How much does it cost to stuff ballot boxes???????
($800,000 plus)

If the repubs say that the Supreme court is in the tank for Obama I will LMAO. And that should be the last stra for voters as well the final nail in the coffin for republicans, because all they are doing is whining that the whole world is against them and in the tank for Obama. DUH, look what the Bush Administration did to have us in this economic turmoil. Quit your whining and depart in shame in November

Hey Guys this is one more example of the "Grand Old Party" trying to make gains by creating a smoke screen. Any body remember that famous "swift boat campaign",
This ACORN deal is only one more example of the underhanded tactics used by the Republican party.
By the way – the first George Bush said we should "Read His Lips" He pledged no new taxes – how long did that last?

Those who are unhappy with this decision need to keep in mind that this is the same Supreme Court that virtually awarded George W. Bush the election in 2000. The only personel changes that have happened since 2000 are the two Justices who were appointed by President Bush and approved by what was at the time of their appointments a Republican-controlled Senate.

You guys need to ask yourselves what they know about THIS CASE that you don't? What evidence have they seen that you're not privy too?

Strip away the partisanship and challenge yourselves with those questions.

Registration fraud is not voter fraud. What a bunch of ill informed whiners.
Mickey Mouse cannot vote! Jesus Christ cannot vote either.
But if he could it would be for Obama. God don't like ugly.

It is illegal to use social security information to legitimitize voting registration. How did this get to the Supreme Court?

Howdy,
Did y'all know that if the voter's Middle initial or the 'Jr. or Sr.' is not on the registration form it gets kicked back?
Wow, the Republicans and Fox News will find any excuse to dispute an Obama win. Try again...

My vote will count and be undisputed,
Barack Obama and Joe Biden in 08!

The Supreme Court got it right. Maybe the Republicans can now focus on the issues important to the country; as opposed to harping on ACORN, Bill Ayers or Charles Keating. Oops. Charles Keating was linked to McCain.

OBAMA WILL WIN BECAUSE OF FRAUD. THAT IS WHAT HIS CAMPAIGN IS ALL ABOUT. LIES, LIES AND MORE LIES.

@ Richard October 17th, 2008 1:02 pm ET

No, they are choosing to allow everyone who is eligible to vote to do so. They are choosing not to penalize an Ohio citizen for a typo that someone in government may have made. They are upholding the Constitution that has recently been under attack by Republicans.

There can be no "voter fraud" until one votes.
The Supreme Court recognized that the Republicans were trying to impede legitimate voters
Acorn tries to register any and all of us. It is not their job to judge accuracy; the local election boards do that.

We'd all love to make sure that nobody votes twice, but if by doing so you disqualify more people from voting who *should* be able to vote due to technical errors, then it's the wrong thing to do.

We need to overhaul our election process to ensure that everyone's vote is counted accurately (and counted *once*), that's for sure. But 2 weeks before a presidential election is not the right time to do it!

W00t for this decision.

Looks like the GOP has cried Wolf, just too many times in this campaign. Nothing they seem to say or protest has any real substance to it.

So glad to see that Ohio voters will not be disinfranchised by the GOP

Finally, our justice system is working. This election will not be STOLEN. The American people will not stand for this!

President Barack Obama, is it the world destiny, and American destiny? Someday we will see the first black woman president, Michelle Obama, that reminds me of Hillary Clinton.

OHIO LOVES OBAMA!!

Republicans have manipulated Ohio's results in elections past through similar tactics. This year, even if they succeed in stealing Ohio, the states electoral votes alone wont give McCain the Presidency.

Republicans need to focus their vote purging and electronic vote machine rigging efforts in a bigger state, say California, if they are to have any hope of stealing this election.

Kudos to Ohio's Supreme Court and Secretary of State for standing up for Democracy and for standing up against the Republicans.

It's reported on mediamatters.org that CNN reports leave out relevant facts on ACORN voter registration allegations. CNN airs at least 54 misleading segments on ACORN. Drew Griffins' bias is so obvious. He shouldn't be on any "investigation" teams. CNN, please clatify your biased reports on ACORN.

There are many reasons why legit information wouldnt match up. I just moved a couple months ago and the government doesnt have my new information. CNN is being vague on the details of what the differences are, to make it seem like this is a story, when it isnt. if there was evidence of voter fraud, the courts would require action.

The republicans are just submitting a few fraudulent voter registrations (submitted by themselves i am sure) to try to discredit huge numbers of VALID registrations, in a desperate attempt to win the election.

I would point out that Ohio can use a photo ID requirement to prevent fraudulent voting. Bad, or even false, registrations do NOT equate with fraudulent votes given this safeguard and the appropriate use of provisional ballots. Equating a bad registration form with a fraudulent vote is poor logic and shows a fundamental lack of understanding of the system.

Another sad example of how the American Electorate is easily distracted by emotion and doesn't take the time to truly STUDY the issues.

It's vote-suppression, stupid.

OBAMA 08!

Wow, what a surprise, the Supreme Court siding with the Rethugs.

You know, I don't understand these voter frauds. Don't people vote on the computer now?? I mean, that's the new school? People still vote on paper? I think we gotta upgrade for crying out loud...

And you know what? You think I trust anybody with these crazy things? As far as I'm concerned, this has been going on for who knows!! I don't know, you dion't know. I wish I knew what is up but I don't know...

For crying out loud, freakin ants are more organized than us, LOL!!

It is not voter fraud until they vote and if there is no form for them to go by on that day they cannot vote. In the state of VA, you have to have a vaild IDin order to vote. I am pretty sure this is the practice every where.

Any who with commom sense can know that this is frame up-because even the dumbness person would know that in order for those forms to work people would have to have an valid ID. How stupid can people get. This sound like RNC work to throw everyone off from voting for Obama. Won't work though.

I wonder if Palin agree or disagree with this Supreme Court decision?

lol! Just asking

Obama/Biden 08

Looks like this time Supreme court got it right. Go Vote Now.

This is the hanging Chaff thing from the Republicans even before the first vote was cast in Ohio.
Sour GRAPES!!!!

After the election that took place in 2000 I would think all Americans would want to prevent voter fraud, and it would seem to me one place it can start is during voter registration. The Supreme Court interfered in 2000 and let's hope their ruling in 2008 doesn't bring about the same mess that took place with George W.

Does this mean the Supreme Court is in the tank for Obama?

there are already new voter registration checks. the republicans were just grasping at something, anything, to help their sad sad ticket. micky mouse will not show up to vote. much ado about NOTHING

if i am registered voter in this election! if i don't vote it doesn't matter.

How much does it cost these days to buy votes??????
How much does it cost to stuff ballot boxes?????? ($800,000)

If only there were one more right-wing extremist on the Supreme Court, the Republicans could've had a fascist dictatorship that suspends habeus corpus and tortures, all sanctioned by the court.

I voted yesterday in NC for Barack. Biggest percentage voting straight dem. What's to argue with? Polls are crowded, but long lines were the only problem. Thank you NC.

This is just a ploy by the Republicans that they plan to use to dispute the election results after the fact. If they don't get their way, they'll try to tear the country apart, rather than accept losing an election.

So much for "Country First." McCain would rather destroy democracy than lose an election.

Good to see people sticking up for the people. This does not mean newly registered voters will not be checked...they will. But it will prevent alot of new registered voters from being turned away. That is what America is based on.

Just another well-documented GOP attempt to reduce voter turnout and discount the election process. This case, as with ACORN, does not pose any significant threat to our democracy. Good for the SC. Even the Conservative justices on the court are smart enough to see through this political ploy.

At least they, like everyone else, recognize that the history of this country is full of voter disenfranchisement (2000 certainly comes to mind). Yet there has never been any systemic cases of voter fraud, much less any cases of voter fraud on a scale large enough to influence an election.

40 year old "Joe-Six Pack" for Barack&Biden @ 1:01: You sir, are a Great American,

I find it funny that the reuthuglicans dare make an issue out of this small issue especially since they cheated and stole the 2000 and 2004 elections. And palin, I really wish you would stop lying against Obama regarding Acorn and Ayers and you need to focus on your 5 year old child who is going around giving people the finger.

So Dave in Central Illinois, did any dead cartoon characters besides you ever get to vote?

Why isn't CNN reporting as much about Palin's REAL ethics violations as much as this ALLEGED voter regististraion fraud?? Palin keeps referring to this story at her campaugn rallies as "voter fraud" and no one the media ever points this error out. I'm sick of Lew Dobbs and Drew Griffin hammering away at this non-story and completely ignoring Palin's ethics problems in the media afraid to say anything negative about her now??

I would love to know why it is such a bad idea to check registrations prior to counting the votes. Do you know how easy it is to vote in another state like Ohio – VERY easy. If you cast more than one vote or cast a vote when you are not allowed due to being an illegal immigrant or felon, then you are seriously tainting the election. We need the MOST fair election results we can get to make this legit. We are just asking the Sec of State in Ohio to DO HER JOB. She even admits there are questions about 200,000 votes cast early. Lets check them and make sure they are legit. However, she is playing politics, hoping the majority of those are cast for Obama. THAT IS JUST WRONG! If this was a republican Sec of State, you Dem's would be screaming too!

I hope that they do get to bottom of this voter fraud mess. Because we don' t want or need the same mistakes that were made in 00' and 04'. If McCain/ Palin are elected because of more voter fraud we're going to be in deep doo doo.

I hope that the legal voters that Acorn did register actually are allowed to vote. Acorn is a legitimate company that hired untrustworthy people. Now their name is being dragged thru the mud. These folks were paid $8 or $9 an hour and they did not do their job properly. But there are much larger companies that hired untrustworthy people ( AIG, Lehman, Fannie, Freddie, etc. ). And paid those folks millions. Those companies did a lot worse things than put Mickey Mouse on a voter registration card.

In this case if some one has lost their home or is in college they should not lose their right to vote.

Once again voter fraud reigns!! The motto for American "democracy" should be "vote early, vote often!!"

Even though the Supreme Court is more conservative than it has been in generations, you can bet the Republicans will start their whining about the 'liberal' court.

good news
yes we can
Obama/Biden 2008

You wanted judges who strictly interpret the law instead of making it? You just got them. Now stop complaining about getting your way.

"so the supreme court a group sworn for life to uphold and preserve law will tolerate fraudulent voter registration"

That's a gross oversimplification.

While we don't want voter fraud, we don't want the rolls purged of hundreds of thousands of legitimate voters either.

@ "DAVE CENTRAL ILLINOIS" ARE YOU CALLING THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES CORRUPT?

SO THE COURT IS CORRUPT WHEN THEY RULE AGAINST THE REPUBLICAN-LIE-AND-FEAR MACHINE.

BUT........THE .......SAME...........COURT ...... IS 'WISE' WHEN IT GAVE GEORGE W. BUSH, THE PRESIDENCY!?

HYPOCRITE.

Smarmy GOP will have to think of new ways to rig the elections in Ohio and Florida this year.....

The days of Republican party suppression are over.

Republicans are already starting to plant seeds of doubt into the minds of people in Ohio! Is that all they have left?

Take note America!!!! I was leaning McCain but now I am 100%.

ACORN is committing voter fraud on behalf of the Obama campaign!
I think he is getting allot out of the $800,000 he spent.

It is bad enough that ACORN is picking up druggies and some mentally ill homeless people, who have no access to the issues, off of the streets and putting them on a bus or van to vote! In addition to registering criminals and illegal immigrants. Now voter fraud!

This looks very bad on Acorn and is bad for the perception of the black community.

Karma's a (bleep) isn't it GOP.

WHY IS IT THAT EVERY SINGLE CASE OF VOTER FRAUD AND VOTER REGISTRATION FRAUD HAS BEEN ON THE DEMOCRAT SIDE? EVERY SINGLE INSTANCE IT IS A DEMOCRAT. NO WONDER THEY DON'T WANT TO HONESTLY ADDRESS THE ISSUE, THEY BENEFIT FROM FRAUD.

Hummmm, I guess all you Rebuplicans now think the United States Supreme Court is in the "Tank" for Barack Obama!?!?!?!?!??!

Can someone explain this to me? why would they vote to not verify voter registration? I am not being funny, I really can not understand why they did that

Why don't the McCain campaign get a job as joe the plumber and employ some of CNN employers for studpidty. McCain is the sole source of CNN income or that seems to be untrue. CNN stop giving up studpid information about what the McCain campaign want and tell them to give up information about what they can do for the country first slogan they carries?

THANK YOU SUPREME COURT! JUSTICE.........PREVAILS, THANK GOD!

Please folks, read online OR pick up a copy of Rolling Stone Magazine today! There is an article in Rolling Stone about an investigation by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Greg Palast into "VOTER TAMPERING BY THE GOP IN SWING STATES" like COLORADO!

I WILL SAY THIS OVER AND OVER:

PLEASE, AMERICA, LET US REJECT THE VILED POLITICS OF THE REPUBLICAN-HATE-LIES-AND-FEAR-MACHINE!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Let me hear your whimpers Republican swine!!!! Your tears sustain me!!!!

What?!?!

The Supreme Court actually voted on the side of right in an election "scandal"?

Wow. I praise them for this hopefully continued turn of doing the right thing.

ok – for those of you who are worried about voter fraud. if somebody tries to register mickey mouse as a voter, do you know what happens?? NOTHING. see, in order to actually PLACE A VOTE you need to show up at the polls with your ID. NOBODY except Mickey mouse can show up and vote for Mickey Mouse – thus, this whole "conspiracy" is a big heaping pile of BS. YOU CAN NOT VOTE UNLESS YOU SHOW PROPER ID. so that means no dead people can vote, no second grader can vote, and no disney character can vote regardless of whether they were registered or not.

THIS IS A FABRICATED SCHEME THAT SIMPLY REEKS OF GOP VOTER SUPPRESSION TACTICS.

CNN it's about time your Drew Griffin stops misinforming your viewers about ACORN.

This whole ACORN story is just another distraction from the McCain campaign.

ACORN flags and turns in three kinds of cards, those that it can verify, those that are incomplete, and those that it flags as problematic. It turns those in labeled in a special way and are very conservative in terms of what it flags as problematic.

So, why would ACORN submit registration forms it had deemed "suspicious"? Because under most state laws, voter registration organizations are REQUIRED to turn in all the forms they receive. Even those they know that may be problematic!

@NO HILLARY NO OBAMA...

THE REPUBLICANS ARE THE ONES WHO HAVE HISTORY OF STEALING ELECTIONS....AS A OBAMA SUPPORTER "HOW DARE YOU" WITH YOUR NEGATIVE STATEMENT....THIS IS AMERICA AND EVERY AMERICAN HAS THE RIGHT TO VOTE....

The Great Election Theft of 2008 Begins!

I want a larger story on how Sarah Palin today said that she's going to "pro-America" areas of our country.

Jennifer Brenner is a heroine to American citizens. She had the guts and tenacity to take on the nasty, hateful, despicable and powerful GOP. Great job Secretary of State Brenner. The GOP better get ready for the next president of the United States - blue states and red states - BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA!!!!

WHAT!!!! So it is legal for Mickey Mouse to vote????? What idiots!!!

This would serve as an early loss to the RNC. The increase of new voters is the least of the rethuglican worries. The group that should most certainly betray theit party are those people they pushed out of the party. Ya know, the real republicans, the conservatives. Those guys are the ones that will vote for Obama because the current republican ticket is a joke, Sara Palin especially. And the past 8 years under republican rule has been disasterous (did I spell that right?)
Anyway go OHIO!
GO BLUE!

In Your Face Republicans! You Wont Be Purging The Democratic Votes This Year! We Know About Your Votes Cage Tactics! I Will Be Standing In Line All Day In The Cold To Cast My Vote For Obama!

Finally th supreme court does something right...
at this date the repubs are deperate and will try to steakl this election as they ahve the last 2

October 17th, 2008 12:44 pm ET
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So this is how democracy ends? With thundering applause?

We have just lost the #1 principle in a democratic society – the concept of 1 person = 1 vote.

I guess when I thought Obama was going to usher in socialism, I was optomistic. Now we're going to get totalitarianism as well.

This is a sad, sad day for the late, great, U.S. of A.

I want a larger story on how Sarah Palin today said that she's going to "pro-America" ares of our country.

What a bully.

Bravo! It is time this country stood up to the Republicans to stop the vicious attempts at voter supression!

Fraud has always been a part of the Republican Party! However, the Americans people are standing up one by one and saying "Not this time, my friends!

ACORN flags and turns in three kinds of cards, those that it can verify, those that are incomplete, and those that it flags as problematic. It turns those in labeled in a special way and are very conservative in terms of what it flags as problematic.

So, why would ACORN submit registration forms it had deemed "suspicious"? Because under most state laws, voter registration organizations are REQUIRED to turn in all the forms they receive. Even those they know that may be problematic!

This whole ACORN thing is a non-story, and it's sad that most reporting by CNN simply repeated the McCain campaign talking points without clarifying such basic facts.

We CANNOT LET THE REPUBLICANS STEAL THIS ELECTION in 2008!

They did it in 2000 and 2004. Please VOTE, get your whole community to get out and vote for OBAMA/BIDEN!

thank you Supreme Court...The Republicans won't be stealing the election this time!!!

OBAMA/BIDEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Go right into the lions den for God is with you. Tell the truth and shame McSame. We won't be fooled again. Send Palin back to the cold so that we can continue with her hunting. Obama will be President of these United States and will bring the people together.

How the hell do I make 250k scooping crap outta toilets? I don't I make 40k per and I owe back taxes and the kicker I'm a registered Republican. And if you see the interview I live in a freakin hovel!

Glad the Court is on top of things this time. I hope they've kept their calendar clear for the next 18 day. This is going to get real nasty.

Too late Ohio; you're already viewed as being dirty and your voting results will be looked upon with suspicion no matter who wins the state. ACORN should have raised a red flag from the git-go.

Count on the Republicans to make a mountain out of a molehill. As tight as this race is and Ohio being a state they desperately need, this was not unexpected, nor was the Supreme Court decision.

More partisan arguing instead of progress ( rational, practical ) forward.

I'm tired of the partisan bickering that the Republicans bring, I want to know how we're moving forward. Obama constantly talks about what he's going to do. The Republicans need to do the same.

Great, now the Ohio Democratic machine can emulate it's Chicago brethren and allow cartoon characters and dead people to vote. How corrupt!

ha, woops, sorry repubs, guess you gotta find another straw to grasp.

This is a big win for the State of Ohio and its residences. I applaud SOS Brunner for not giving up the fight! Thank for you for fighting what is right!

Now all we have to do is VOTE! VOTE! VOTE!:-)

CNN you should fire Drew Griffin!

All his reports about ACORN have simply repeated the McCain campaign talking points without any serious analysis of the facts.

ACORN flags and turns in three kinds of cards, those that it can verify, those that are incomplete, and those that it flags as problematic. It turns those in labeled in a special way and are very conservative in terms of what it flags as problematic.

So, why would ACORN submit registration forms it had deemed "suspicious"? Because under most state laws, for obvious reasons, voter registration organizations are REQUIRED to turn in all the forms they receive. Even those they know that may be problematic!

So this whole ACORN story mounted by the McCain campaign is simply a distraction. It's outrageous that all reports by Griffin have simply repeated McCain's talking points, without clarifying such basic facts!

Good for the Supreme Court. The Republicans are trying to block people from voting, even it something as simple as on digit of their driver's licence number not matching up.

The Republicans are Frauds – Vote Democrat

The GOP was inviting anarchy. Any political party in power would be able to negate and purge the rolls of registered voters who might vote for the other party.

Man, FOX News must be fuming mad at this decision. They have been obsessed with this voter fraud allegation like they are in every election even though it has been proven never to actually happen when the people actually vote.

I betcha this fraud is wide spread and not limited to Ohio. All Obama supporters.

Sorry about that one GOP. Without Ken Blackwell doing some fishy things for you as Sec'y of State, you'll now have to go with another tactic to steal Ohio's electoral votes.

WARNING: if any of these people show up in Ohio, we know voter suppression is on the way.
1) Tom Davis, Clean Election and Voter Fraud Committee member
2) Cameron Quinn, who was a director of the Republican voter suppression front group, the American Center for Voting Rights.
3) California Secretary of State Bill Jones, who has long fought for ways to make it more difficult for people to vote.
4) Susan Molinari who cried wolf about voter fraud in 2004 and 2006, only to find her allegations proven false.
5) Larry D. Thompson ho hired Bradley Schlozman to work in the Justice Department where he approved Tom Delay’s redistricting plan, GA’s modern “Jim Crow Law” and pursued politicized indictments against ACORN in MO.

John McCain’s Voter Suppression Committee

Looks like the Supreme Court Justices have learned their lesson from 2000. They are the ones who helped to make GWB President, and now they see what this has brought us. Back in 2000, they should have let the Florida Supreme Court's ruling stand, which said keep recounting. Maybe GWB would not be President today if Floridians got to finish their recounting.

Another blow against honest elections.

so the supreme court a group sworn for life to uphold and preserve law will tolerate fraudulent voter registration.. The country will be in flames soon after the election so be sure and wrap your robes around your myopic decisions.

Thank God

I just voted in NC. Barack's name on the ballott is at the top, where he belongs. A win for Barack= A win for the world.

Finally a recent supreme court decision I can agree with.

Where were the Republicans in 2004 when there was allegations of voter fraud? ....Go Obama....

Good at least we know the Republicans can't run everything like they did Palin TROOPER GATE. Remember she still was guilty of ethic violations but is in denial. They need to ready sanction her so she will come out of that denial.

The gop are so desperate they are trying to do everything to stop the democracy, even if there wrong. Finally the justice talk, remembering how bush stole the election two times. No way no how no McCain..

Those black politicians stick together. Rice and Obama. Out to get
the white politicians.

gawd, get over it you whiney repugs, you've LOST-the white house and congress!! it happens, so deal!!! like adults, not whiney 3 year olds!!!!! you can thank us later as we start fixing the disastrous mess you've made TRYING to destroy the federal government.

why is sarah palin standing in front of an America First sign? thank god most americans are now reading on their own and not just lazily drinking the repug kool-aid. your VP supports alaska secessionists, how is this acceptable?

Can't Republicans try to win an election fairly instead of trying to steal it all the time. Geez .
My whole family, (husband, sisters, brother and mom) sent out our absentee ballots yesterday.. We all voted for Obama!!!!

The Republicans pathetic attempt did not work. America does not want McBush and Palin running our country!!

Obama/Biden '08

2000: US Supreme Court decides who's president.
2008: ditto

This is a bogust case anyways.

That is good because this is a bogust statement.

I always get nervous when this present Supreme Court is asked to intervene in political cases.

That's not to say that there aren't issues which need, or may need, to be addressed. And I agree that the whole process must be transparent and ifd there has been wrongdoing, perpetrators must be punished.

My concern is connected to what happened in Florida 8 years ago and in Ohio 4 years ago, both situations favouring the Republicans while doing nothing to enhance public trust in, and the integrity of, our legal system.

And every time things like this happen, our image in the world( which we keep insisting must follow in our leadership) fades a bit more.

Gerry

What now RNC?
Your attempt at voter supression didn't work this time. Huh.... scratching your heads are ya?
Maybe the Justices don't appreciate you attempting to "destroy the fabric of democracy".... oh, and hiring laywers from a 3rd tier bogus institution like Falwell's Liberty University probably didn't help.

Great decision!!! Maybe republicans wont be able to steal another election. Go Obama!!! VOTE VOTE VOTE...............it's the only way to ensure a victory.

Good!!!

Oh, there might be some justice yet?

Even the Supreme Court is looking forward to an end to the Bush era! HAHAHAHAHAHA!

Good for the Supreme Court. The Republicans are trying to block people from voting, even it something as simple as on digit of their driver's licence number not matching up.

The Republicans are Frauds – Vote Democrat

Sorry GOP, the 2004 Rove tactics of mucking up the voting booths by not letting citizens take part in their fundemental right to vote isn't going to work this time. maybe McCain should focus his campaign on talking about things Americans care even just a bit about if he wants a real strategy that could win the White House. Too bad it was the campaign he should have run 2 months ago, instead of waiting til the last 2 1/2 weeks before elction day.

The high court finally got one right you would have thought it?

This is great news for Joe the Plumber. I can't wait to hear what he has to say about this.

This decision is an outrage and only reinforces the belief of many that this election will be rampant with voter fraud.

The GOP is trying to make a spectacle out of this. It's registratin fraud, not voter fraud. Know the difference people.

OBAMA/BIDEN 08

There's no news here.

McCainhow do you cheat in a landslide? This is the best thing to happen to ACORN since 2004. Now they are being stopped so they want get to help McCain with his cheating scheme. Obama is no fool he already forseen that McCain would probably pull the cheating game now the umbrella have a hole in it. Dont play Obama as a Joe sausage head . Spare me the garbage!!

HA HA HA HA!!! Eat that one you sorry reptilian republican schmucks!!! No swift boating this time you GOP losers!

Thank you Jesus! Evil NEVER wins!!!!!

GO OBAMA!!!

ACORN has done nothing wrong. Some of their workers have tried to get paid by ACORN for doing no work by filling out fake registration forms. ACORN then flagged these forms and sent them to officials in accordance with the law. The GOP is just trying to scare people and suppress votes.

Just another ploy of the Republicans to try to stop Sen. Obama. The registrations don't matter if the election workers do their job and match one voter with one vote against the registration and personal ID which is required to cast a vote. The courts got this one right this time!. Another thing to consider, what happens to those people that don't drive or don't have a drivers license. Do they loose their right to vote because they don't have a license to match with their voters registration. I didn't know that you were required to have a drivers license to have the right to cast a vote.

OH MY GOD... !! I READ IT WRONG .... THEY WENT WITH THE "ELECTIONS OFFICIALS".....

OH MY GOD.....

ok.. for all of the attacks coming to me for my first post.. like Mccain said on letterman last night... "I screwed up"..

Looks like the GOP wont get to disinfranchise Ohio voters.

So much for GOP attempts to stop people from voting

Thank God! I thought the universe has changed...

Investigators know now that the ACORN (racialized) tactic by McCane and the RNC is basless. Ask Repub. Gov. Christ in FLA.

Slime....

Good. The republicans are not going to steal this election this year. They are trying everything they can to try and stop Barack from being elected but it will not work.

I am sure the RNC will try to use whatever is necessary to flaw this election. They succeeded in Florida because of the chads and Bush's brother was there to insure. Now, I am sure there will be some bumps in the road but we will overcome that too. Let's get on with this election. Go Obama/Biden 2008.

gee... what a surprise....

this is the court in 2000 that stayed a recount... thus causing a missed deadline.. then ruled "because the deadline was missed.. the case is over"...

only the "illusion" of freedom people......

No matter what comes of this I am sure the repugs will dispute. This is voter registration. You would still need a valid ID in order to vote and can only vote once.

The Obama/Biden campaign will win by a landslide without the help of fraudulent activity!

GObama/Biden 08'

~Lawrence in Denver

Just another ploy of the Republicans to try to stop Sen. Obama. The registrations don't matter if the election workers do their job and match one voter with one vote against the registration and personal ID which is required to cast a vote. The courts got this one right this time!.

FInally democrats fighting back against repug-run voter suppression drive before the aftermath. Now hopefully they will clear up the discrepancies before we hear cries of foul-play (from the people who know it best) after Obama wins Ohio.

So this is how democracy ends? With thundering applause?

We have just lost the #1 principle in a democratic society – the concept of 1 person = 1 vote.

I guess when I thought Obama was going to usher in socialism, I was optomistic. Now we're going to get totalitarianism as well.

This is a sad, sad day for the late, great, U.S. of A.

there you go GOP pulling stunts again. they were the first ones playing dirty back in 2000 with AL GORE. What happne to Florida huh???

Yeah!.....I just voted today in Charlotte.

Obama/Biden 08

This is a sad day in America. Whatever happened to one person one vote? First the Democratic party disenfranchises millions of voters then it tries to cheat by registering people more than once. I'm truly disappointed in the Dems. This former Hillary supporter is voting for McCain.

I guess this makes the Supreme Court a liberal loving leftist bunch of communists then?

GOP needs to chill out... Knock it off. If you are loosing the election, at least loose it with dignity. People remember cry babies when next election comes around.

Score one for the good guys.