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Home > Blogs > Butler County News and Issues > Archives > 2008 > August > 13 > Entry

State looks to Butler County for voting machine, election petition problems

By Josh Sweigart | Wednesday, August 13, 2008, 02:25 PM

Butler County has been put at the forefront of two major issues this election year.

Several homeless people in Hamilton say they were paid $1 to sign a petition to put a payday lending issue on the November ballot. Read the story here.

Below (PaydayLending.mp3) is a recording from the Cleveland Plain Dealer of a petition circulator allegedly lying through his teeth to get people to sign the petition.

If true, this — and other allegations mentioned in the above story — is all very illegal.

…and…

Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner and voting machine vendor Premier Election Solutions are trading lawsuits, largely due to a machine glitch first found here.

• In today’s paper, Butler County leaders say they have no choice but to use the machines, despite the glitch.
• Here’s more on the lawsuits.
• The Secretary of State’s office has a timeline of events here. ,

, Thoughts on either of these issues?

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