November 30, 2009, 9:00PM
Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner settles suit over voter registration.Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner has agreed to a legal settlement that will result in more low-income residents being registered to vote.
The settlement in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio resolves a three-year legal battle between the state and two women, represented by the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now or ACORN.
Attorneys for ACORN had argued that under the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, the secretary of state was required to make sure county job and family services offices gave people applying for or receiving aid an opportunity to register to vote.
As a result of this settlement that will now happen.
“We have a clear judicial directive from the appeals court in this case that the secretary of state’s office has supervisory authority and responsibility to implement federal voter registration law,” said Jeff Ortega, Brunner’s spokesman.
After a similar settlement in Missouri, social service agencies registered more than 100,000
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