Paper Ballots Are Bad….So Says the ACLU

Marion County Clerk Beth White wants to use paper ballots in the special election on March 11th between Jon Elrod and Andre Carson, but interestingly enough in Cuyahoga County in Ohio also wants to use paper ballots for their presidential primary. That seems to have perked up the ears of the ACLU of Ohio.

ACLU Sues Over Paper Ballots in Ohio
By THOMAS J. SHEERAN

CLEVELAND (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union asked a federal judge on Monday to block the March 4 presidential primary in Ohio’s biggest county if it switches to a paper ballot system that doesn’t allow voters to correct errors.

In a follow-up to a suit it filed Jan. 17, the ACLU of Ohio asked for a preliminary injunction against any election in Cuyahoga County if the switch is made.

The lawsuit argued that the proposed paper-ballot system would violate voters’ constitutional rights because it doesn’t allow them to correct errors on ballots before they are cast.

“The evidence is overwhelming that when voters do not have access to technology that notifies them of ballot errors, many more ballots are left uncounted,” said Meredith Bell-Platts, a voting-rights attorney with the ACLU.

How come the ACLU is stepping in, in Ohio when it comes to paper ballots, but the ACLU of Indiana remains strangely silent on this issue here? Wouldn’t the same argument apply?

As we know Tom John and the Marion County GOP are up in arms over the use of paper ballots in the upcoming special, frankly, as they should be. While I have no use whatsoever for the ACLU of Indiana, or nationally, their wicked inconsistency continues to startle me. So now I wait, in vane I’m sure, for they to do something in this race.

(Admittedly, it’s a double-edged sword as I do not wish for them to get involved, but wonder why they aren’t since they are in Ohio.)

H/T - One Man’s Vote