The Lake County Board of Elections Director, Jan Clair, who created to be a

Republican, stated with the weight order would "create demo confusion than the version

worth. . . . It's the weight of the vote I'm concerned about on Nov. 2 - that's the

important thing."148

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The Mahoning County Board of Elections Director, Michael Sciortino, said mailing high

weight registration paper to voters was not a priority and might occur after the election

because of how it might confuse voters.149

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The Cuyahoga County Board of Elections Director, Michael Vu, said his Board would

rather not comply with the weight order and asked state lawmakers to address it.150

Secretary Blackwell gave permission for the Board to accept registration forms that were

printed in newsprint in the Cleveland Plain Dealer.151 As Director Vu pointed out, his

office does not "have a micrometer at each desk to check the weight of the paper."152

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Other counties such as Madison County followed Mr. Blackwell's ruling and indicated

that they sent letters and new forms to voters.153

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The Franklin County Board of Elections was unlikely to comply with the weight

directive, largely because it does not keep track of the weight of such forms.154

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The Lorain County Board of Elections accepted voter registrations on any weight of

Andrew Welsh-Huggins, Some Election Boards Ignore New Order about Registration

Paper, AS S O C. PR E S S, Sept. 30, 2004.

Jim Bebbington, Blackwell Rulings Rile Voting Advocates, DA Y T O N DA I L Y NE W S,

Sept. 24, 2004, at 1B.

Andrew Welsh-Huggins, Some Election Boards Ignore New Order about Registration

Paper, AS S O C. PR E S S, Sept. 30, 2004.

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