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Ohio elections chief challenges registration law

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) _ Republicans passed an unconstitutional law when they allowed Ohio counties to cancel a voter's registration solely because some election notices mailed to a home address come back undeliverable, the state Democratic elections chief said Friday.



Voters must be given a chance to respond ahead of the Nov. 4 election to avoid potentially disenfranchising them, Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner said in a directive issued to county boards of elections. The problem could be as simple as a typo on the home address or a mail delivery error, she said.



Voting rights groups have argued that the tactic of challenging voters based on returned mail singles out the homeless, who may not have a mailing address — or change addresses frequently — and others living away from home, such as soldiers and college students.

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Ohioan finds niche with outdoor sculptures

September 6, 2008

YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio (AP) _ A towering sculpture called Wind Dragon at Olympic Park in Beijing is his. So is a 10-story, stainless steel sculpture embedded with lights in Brisbane, Australia.

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3 dead as boat capsizes in Lake Erie off NE Ohio

September 6, 2008

CONNEAUT, Ohio (AP) _ Three men died in a boating accident in Lake Erie off of northeast Ohio as U.S. and Canadian searchers rushed to find them, authorities said.

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Ohio teen gets 44 years in disabled woman beating

September 6, 2008

HAMILTON, Ohio (AP) _ A judge has sentenced an Ohio teenager convicted in the torture beating of a mentally disabled woman to 44 years in prison.

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Military planes take refuge at Ohio air force base

September 6, 2008

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) _ An Air Force base in southwest Ohio is a burgeoning refuge for military planes fleeing possibly damaging storms now approaching the East Coast.

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Ohio group drops fight over sick-day mandate

September 5, 2008

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Labor leaders dropped their campaign Thursday for a November ballot issue that would give most full-time workers seven paid sick days a year, conceding they shared the governor’s

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