ZTE MF282 Unlock Code …► how to unlock zte mf920v just keep the sim card that is locked in the phone and it’s gone.Dozens of people who plan to vote Republican on Election Day need one more thing — the ability to use their preferred voting machines.
The Ohio Secretary of State, Republican Jon Husted, is considering amending the state’s voting laws to force voters to use government-issued machines to vote, rather than machines made by private vendors.
The machines, known as “Direct Recording Electronic” or “DREs,” are widely used across the country, and the right to use them is considered a “vital” part of the First Amendment, says James L. Jacobs, a retired professor of law at Emory University and a former chief U.S. election judge.
“When you make it a First Amendment right, you can’t restrict it,” he said. “You can restrict it but you’ve got to have an objective standard.”
Direct Recording Electronic voting machines allow voters to mark their ballots on machines that read the vote directly and give an electronic tally of the ballots. The machines are considered more accurate than paper ballots, but they are also less transparent because they are not accompanied by physical records to which voters can refer if challenged by election officials.
The machines were once seen as a replacement for the paper ballots used in the past, but they are now used for all elections — including municipal, state and federal.
The Ohio Legislature passed a law in 2014 requiring the use of DRE machines for statewide elections, but the secretary of state’s office said the machines aren’t yet ready for prime time and will be in use only during the upcoming presidential election.
Under the 2014 law, counties and municipalities will be able to request use of a paper-based voting system if they provide evidence that they are using DREs in an “ineffective” way.
Husted says the current law is too ambiguous, and he is asking lawmakers to provide more specific guidelines.
Jacobs and other election lawyers say the secretary of state has overstepped his authority by considering changes that would extend to voting machines used in all elections, not just state-wide ones. They argue that forcing voters to use the machines would not eliminate any election fraud because someone could still steal the machines
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