FRANKLIN COUNTY 280 E. Broad St., 1st floor Columbus, OH 43215-4572 Office Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (Monday thru Friday) Telephone: (614) 462-3100 / Fax: (614) 462-3489 Email: boe@co.franklin.oh.us Web site: www.co.franklin.oh.us/boe DIRECTOR Matthew Damschroder REP DEPUTY DIRECTOR Michael R. Hackett DEM
MONTGOMERY COUNTY 451 W. Third St. PO Box 8705 Dayton, OH 45481-8705 Office Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (Monday thru Friday) Telephone: (937) 225-5656 / Fax: (937) 496-7798 Email: mcboe@montcnty.org Web site: www.mcboe.org/ DIRECTOR Christopher Heizer REP DEPUTY DIRECTOR Steven P. Harsman DEM
SUMMIT COUNTY 470 Grant St. Akron, OH 44311-1157 Office Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (Monday thru Friday) Telephone: (330) 643-5200 / Fax: (330) 643-5422 Email: summit@sos.state.oh.us Web site: www.electionsonthe.net/oh/summit/ DIRECTOR Bryan C. Williams REP DEPUTY DIRECTOR John N. Schmidt DEM
LUCAS COUNTY One Government Center, Suite 300 Toledo, OH 43604-2250 Office Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (Monday thru Friday) Telephone: (419) 213-4001 / Fax: (419) 213-4069 or (419) 213-4092 Email: lucas@sos.state.oh.us Web site: co.lucas.oh.us/ DIRECTOR Paula Hicks-Hudson DEM DEPUTY DIRECTOR Jill B. Kelly REP
MAHONING COUNTY 2801 Market St. Youngstown, OH 44507 Office Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (Monday thru Friday) Telephone: (330) 783-2474 / Fax: (330) 783-2801 Email: sciortino@cboss.com Web site: www.electionohio.com/mahoning/ DIRECTOR Michael V. Sciortino DEM DEPUTY DIRECTOR Thomas P. McCabe REP
LORAIN COUNTY (Main Office) 115 Cedar St., Elyria, OH 44035 Office Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (Monday thru Friday) Telephone: (440) 326-5900 or 5901 / Fax: (440) 326-5931 and 2158 Broadway, Lorain, OH 44052 Office Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (Monday thru Friday) Telephone: (440) 244-3186 / Fax: (440) 244-5609 Email: lorain@sos.state.oh.us Web site: lorainboe.erienet.net DIRECTOR Marilyn A. Jacobcik REP DEPUTY DIRECTOR Kenneth D. Kelleher DEM
Dear [director and deputy director, e.g. "Ms. Jacobcik and Mr. Kelleher"], I am writing to request that you resist the unlawful and un-American effort by Secretary of State Blackwell to suppress voter turnout by strictly enforcing a requirement that Ohio voter registration cards be printed on thick, 80-pound stock paper. This is a clear violation of the Voting Rights Act of 1971 (42 U.S.C. 1971), which states, "No person acting under color of law shall . . . deny the right of any individual to vote in any election because of an error or omission on any record or paper relating to any application, registration, or other act requisite to voting, if such error or omission is not material in determining whether such individual is qualified under State law to vote in such election." It is strongly reminiscent of the Jim Crow laws Southern segregationist Democrats used to deter blacks from voting, such as poll taxes and literacy tests -- the very laws that the Voting Rights Act was specifically designed to strike down. Ohio, and especially the Ohio Republican Party, are better than this; Senator Robert Taft Jr. was one of the strongest backers of the Voting Rights Act. I hope that you will not allow the stain of such antidemocratic practices to tarnish your state's proud legacy. Sincerely, J. Alexander Harman
Thanks for the info. Where can I find the rest of Ohio's county boards of election? Might as well hit them all. Later, Alex
Thanks for the note. We are resisting it. Chris Wilson FC BOE Columbus, Ohio
Chris Wilson FC BOE Columbus, Ohio
Good news; hope the others are doing the same. Later, Alex
P.S. The Cleveland Plain Dealer just e-mailed me requesting detailed contact information, because they're considering publishing my letter to the editor requesting that they endorse Kerry. Here's hoping....
