Well, it looks like that park benches are not only really affordable housing, but have now been given the seal of approval by the DOJ as an official voting residence…

From The Columbus Disptach (hat tip: HotAir)

Feds won’t make Brunner reveal voter mismatches

The U.S. Justice Department is not expected to intervene before Tuesday’s election in a dispute about verifying new voter registrations in Ohio, Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner said today.

“That is our clear understanding,” Brunner said a press conference to discuss preparations for the election.

House Minority Leader John Boehner had asked the Justice Department and President Bush to seek an order to force Brunner to release details about discrepancies in registrations, arguing it’s necessary to weed out any fraud.

At issue is what should be done with the “mismatches” that occur when the names and other information provided by newly registered voters are checked by computer against state motor vehicle and federal Social Security records.

The Ohio Republican Party had sued unsuccessfully to force Brunner, a Democrat, to give counties lists of voters with mismatches to investigate, but Brunner said that’s not possible because the state’s voter registration database was not constructed properly by outside contractors.

In fact, Brunner said the current database, which she inherited from Republican predecessor J. Kenneth Blackwell, was not designed to allow searches for mismatches and likely will be “scrapped” after the election and rebuilt.

Typical behavior from this crook of a Sec. of State. Pass the blame and the buck, instead of doing the job that she is charged with, which it to make sure that the voting process in her state is conducted with integrity. Kind of hard to so that when better than 25% of the received ballots are as questionable as the Detroit Lions winning a game against a Division III school.

A shame for the Obama campaign that this early voting (read: up-with-the-chickens ballot stuffing) is not trending too well for him. A McCain blowout is now just about inevitable, in spite of ACORN’s best efforts. Especially in states like Ohio.