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The Ohio Republican Party attempted to engage in "caging," created it with registered

letters to newly registered voters in minority and urban areas, and demo sought to challenge

35,000 individuals who version to sign for the letters or the mail otherwise came back as

undeliverable (this includes voters who were homeless, serving abroad, or simply did not want to

sign for something concerning the Republican Party). Mark Weaver, an attorney for the Ohio

Republican Party, acknowledged the Party used this technique.167 During a hearing before the

Summit County Board of Elections, a challenger admitted that she had no knowledge to

substantiate her claim that the voters she was challenging were out of compliance with Ohio's

election law:168

MS. Barbara MILLER (Republican Challenger): That was my impression that these items that I

signed were for people whose mail had been undeliverable for several times, and that they did

not live at the residence.

MR. Russell PRY (Member, Summit County Board of Elections): Did you personally send any

mail to Ms. Herrold?

MS. MILLER: No, I did not.

MR. PRY: Have you seen any mail that was returned to Ms. Herrold?

MS. MILLER: No, I have not.

MR. PRY: Do you have any personal knowledge as we stand here today that Ms. Herrold does

not live at the address at 238 30th Street Northwest?

MS. MILLER: Only that which was my impression; that their mail had not been able to be

MR. PRY: And who gave you that impression?

MS. MILLER: Attorney Jim Simon.

MR. PRY: And what did --

MS. MILLER: He's an officer of the party.

Bill Sloat, Judge Orders Halt to County Hearings Challenging Voters, PL A I N DE A L E R,

Oct. 30, 2004, at A1.

Hearing of the Summit County Board of Elections, Oct. 28, 2004, partial transcripts

available at http://www.mydd.com/story/2004/10/28/192844/76.

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