Comments on: Strange Happenings During Ohio Early Voting Period http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/strange-happenings-during-ohio-early-voting-period/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:29:52 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Tommy http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/strange-happenings-during-ohio-early-voting-period/comment-page-1/#comment-130825 Tommy Sun, 19 Oct 2008 18:40:18 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=35505#comment-130825 Here's a guy who's living in one place and voting in another. Perhaps this is voter fraud? This is from the Dayton Daily News Residency questions continue to dog Husted Husted claimed a tax break on a Kettering house; his wife got a break on another home Related article: Tax breaks raise doubts By Lynn Hulsey Staff Writer Saturday, October 18, 2008 Photos Ohio House Speaker Jon Husted, R-Kettering, who is running for the 6th District Ohio Senate seat, says the house at 148 Sherbrooke Drive, Kettering, is his residence.Click to enlarge Husted, who was elected in 2000 and represents the 37th House District, also lives with his wife and children at 2672 Coventry Road in Upper Arlington.Click to enlarge His wife, Tina Husted, owned the house until she sold it this summer and bought the house at 2305 Haverford Road, Upper Arlington. Rep. Husted said they are living in the Coventry Road house while renovating the Haverford Road house.Click to enlarge DAYTON — Ohio House Speaker Jon Husted, R-Kettering, has long claimed that although he lives with his family in Upper Arlington, his real home is in his district in Kettering. But legal documents involving property owned by Husted and his wife, Tina, raise new questions about his principal place of residence. Those documents show that Jon and Tina Husted received a property tax break on the Upper Arlington home she owned at the same time he got a tax reduction for his Kettering home. Ohio law says a couple can only take that tax reduction on one home. Montgomery County Auditor Karl Keith, a Democrat, and Franklin County Auditor Joe Testa, a Republican, said they will investigate to see if the law was broken. Since they married in 2005, Jon and Tina Husted each claimed a separate house as a primary residence on legal documents that trigger the 2.5 percent property tax reduction for owner-occupied homes. "The 2.5 percent reduction is meant to be on one property and one property only. It's supposed to be your primary residence," said Keith. "Those are legal documents. You are signing those documents under penalty of perjury." A "principal residence" is a person's legal, permanent residence and used to determine where a person can vote, according to John Kohlstrand, spokesman for the Ohio Department of Taxation. By law, Husted cannot run for the Legislature if he does not live in his district. He is registered to vote in Kettering. Husted said he stays in an Upper Arlington house with his wife and children because his job as Speaker keeps him in Columbus more than most legislators. He would not say how often he sleeps in his Kettering home, nor whether he plans to move his family to that house once he relinquishes his Speaker duties this year, or if he is elected to the Ohio 6th District Senate seat. His opponent in that race, Democrat John Doll, said Husted should forfeit his seat if it turns out he does not legally reside in the district. Husted said he does live in the district and was unaware of the tax issue. It did not involve a great deal of money. Between 2005 and 2007, the property tax reduction saved the Husteds $577.04 on Tina's house and $205.08 on his house. "Along the lines of everything you asked me today, with technical details and all these kinds of things, at this point I don't know that anybody has questioned whether I've done a great job," Husted said. "I will continue to do a great job." Here’s a guy who’s living in one place and voting in another. Perhaps this is voter fraud? This is from the Dayton Daily News

Residency questions continue to dog Husted

Husted claimed a tax break on a Kettering house; his wife got a break on another home

Related article: Tax breaks raise doubts
By Lynn Hulsey
Staff Writer
Saturday, October 18, 2008

Photos

Ohio House Speaker Jon Husted, R-Kettering, who is running for the 6th District Ohio Senate seat, says the house at 148 Sherbrooke Drive, Kettering, is his residence.Click to enlarge
Husted, who was elected in 2000 and represents the 37th House District, also lives with his wife and children at 2672 Coventry Road in Upper Arlington.Click to enlarge
His wife, Tina Husted, owned the house until she sold it this summer and bought the house at 2305 Haverford Road, Upper Arlington. Rep. Husted said they are living in the Coventry Road house while renovating the Haverford Road house.Click to enlarge
DAYTON — Ohio House Speaker Jon Husted, R-Kettering, has long claimed that although he lives with his family in Upper Arlington, his real home is in his district in Kettering.

But legal documents involving property owned by Husted and his wife, Tina, raise new questions about his principal place of residence.

Those documents show that Jon and Tina Husted received a property tax break on the Upper Arlington home she owned at the same time he got a tax reduction for his Kettering home.

Ohio law says a couple can only take that tax reduction on one home.

Montgomery County Auditor Karl Keith, a Democrat, and Franklin County Auditor Joe Testa, a Republican, said they will investigate to see if the law was broken. Since they married in 2005, Jon and Tina Husted each claimed a separate house as a primary residence on legal documents that trigger the 2.5 percent property tax reduction for owner-occupied homes.

“The 2.5 percent reduction is meant to be on one property and one property only. It’s supposed to be your primary residence,” said Keith. “Those are legal documents. You are signing those documents under penalty of perjury.”

A “principal residence” is a person’s legal, permanent residence and used to determine where a person can vote, according to John Kohlstrand, spokesman for the Ohio Department of Taxation.

By law, Husted cannot run for the Legislature if he does not live in his district. He is registered to vote in Kettering.

Husted said he stays in an Upper Arlington house with his wife and children because his job as Speaker keeps him in Columbus more than most legislators.

He would not say how often he sleeps in his Kettering home, nor whether he plans to move his family to that house once he relinquishes his Speaker duties this year, or if he is elected to the Ohio 6th District Senate seat.

His opponent in that race, Democrat John Doll, said Husted should forfeit his seat if it turns out he does not legally reside in the district.

Husted said he does live in the district and was unaware of the tax issue. It did not involve a great deal of money. Between 2005 and 2007, the property tax reduction saved the Husteds $577.04 on Tina’s house and $205.08 on his house.

“Along the lines of everything you asked me today, with technical details and all these kinds of things, at this point I don’t know that anybody has questioned whether I’ve done a great job,” Husted said. “I will continue to do a great job.”

]]> By: Tuco http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/strange-happenings-during-ohio-early-voting-period/comment-page-1/#comment-127288 Tuco Fri, 17 Oct 2008 04:21:52 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=35505#comment-127288 When McCain loses by 6 million votes, are the conservatives going to put on their tin foil hats and cry? And you wonder why American Independents have a hard time taking you seriously anymore. Especially when our economy is falling around our ankles. Yeah, let's moan about voter "registration" fraud. Please, get serious. When McCain loses by 6 million votes, are the conservatives going to put on their tin foil hats and cry? And you wonder why American Independents have a hard time taking you seriously anymore. Especially when our economy is falling around our ankles. Yeah, let’s moan about voter “registration” fraud. Please, get serious.

]]> By: kg http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/strange-happenings-during-ohio-early-voting-period/comment-page-1/#comment-126869 kg Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:29:24 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=35505#comment-126869 Newt, Here's a little video support on that from Palestra.net: http://palestra.net/videos/play/17193 Newt, Here’s a little video support on that from Palestra.net:

http://palestra.net/videos/play/17193

]]> By: kg http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/strange-happenings-during-ohio-early-voting-period/comment-page-1/#comment-126857 kg Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:07:57 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=35505#comment-126857 Newt, this has been mentioned in many places...YES, there is evidence of voter fraud already in Ohio. If you have to show a valid ID to vote, how is it possible for many out-of-state college kids holed up in a house in Ohio to register and send in absentee ballots? That has already happened. Newt, this has been mentioned in many places…YES, there is evidence of voter fraud already in Ohio. If you have to show a valid ID to vote, how is it possible for many out-of-state college kids holed up in a house in Ohio to register and send in absentee ballots? That has already happened.

]]> By: Newt http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/strange-happenings-during-ohio-early-voting-period/comment-page-1/#comment-126665 Newt Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:43:31 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=35505#comment-126665 Bah. There's no appreciable election fraud; if anything, this is the usual right-wing "suppress the vote" maneuver, with the added side benefit that they can try to claim a stolen vote when their lame candidate tanks. IN OHIO, YOU HAVE TO SHOW A VALID GOVERNMENT ID TO VOTE. You can try to register Mickey Mouse, but unless Mr. Mouse shows up on election day with his driver's license, he doesn't get to vote, capice? Bah. There’s no appreciable election fraud; if anything, this is the usual right-wing “suppress the vote” maneuver, with the added side benefit that they can try to claim a stolen vote when their lame candidate tanks.

IN OHIO, YOU HAVE TO SHOW A VALID GOVERNMENT ID TO VOTE. You can try to register Mickey Mouse, but unless Mr. Mouse shows up on election day with his driver’s license, he doesn’t get to vote, capice?

]]> By: GRIFENHAGEN DOT COM » How to Steal Ohio http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/strange-happenings-during-ohio-early-voting-period/comment-page-1/#comment-125582 GRIFENHAGEN DOT COM » How to Steal Ohio Wed, 15 Oct 2008 02:07:26 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=35505#comment-125582 [...] to be registered 30 days before being able to vote with the following bit of Orwellian doublespeak. Soren Dayton: The first thing she did was issue an advisory opinion allowing people to register and vote on the [...] [...] to be registered 30 days before being able to vote with the following bit of Orwellian doublespeak. Soren Dayton: The first thing she did was issue an advisory opinion allowing people to register and vote on the [...]

]]> By: Right Wing Nut House » HOW TO STEAL OHIO http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/strange-happenings-during-ohio-early-voting-period/comment-page-1/#comment-124984 Right Wing Nut House » HOW TO STEAL OHIO Tue, 14 Oct 2008 09:36:51 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=35505#comment-124984 [...] Soren Dayton: The first thing she did was issue an advisory opinion allowing people to register and vote on the same day, during the “overlap” between the beginning of early voting (35 days out) and the end of registration (30 days out). This was a reversal of the 2006 precedent. Republicans asked how someone could register and vote on the same day when Ohio statute says that you have to be registered 30 days before voting. She answered that when you vote by no-fault absentee you aren’t voting. Your vote occurs on election day when it is counted, not on the day you cast it. Dayton links to a conservative student organization site – Palestra – that has been following this early voting in Ohio. Correspondent Shelby Holiday’s revelations are pretty shocking: One of the biggest issues? These voters didn’t need to show ID or proof of residency in order to cast their ballot. [...] [...] Soren Dayton: The first thing she did was issue an advisory opinion allowing people to register and vote on the same day, during the “overlap” between the beginning of early voting (35 days out) and the end of registration (30 days out). This was a reversal of the 2006 precedent. Republicans asked how someone could register and vote on the same day when Ohio statute says that you have to be registered 30 days before voting. She answered that when you vote by no-fault absentee you aren’t voting. Your vote occurs on election day when it is counted, not on the day you cast it. Dayton links to a conservative student organization site – Palestra – that has been following this early voting in Ohio. Correspondent Shelby Holiday’s revelations are pretty shocking: One of the biggest issues? These voters didn’t need to show ID or proof of residency in order to cast their ballot. [...]

]]> By: Strange Happenings During Ohio Early Voting Period | OBAMA ACORN http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/strange-happenings-during-ohio-early-voting-period/comment-page-1/#comment-124250 Strange Happenings During Ohio Early Voting Period | OBAMA ACORN Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:10:56 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=35505#comment-124250 [...] Some bizarre rulings by the secretary of state lead to charges of voter fraud. [...] [...] Some bizarre rulings by the secretary of state lead to charges of voter fraud. [...]

]]> By: AA http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/strange-happenings-during-ohio-early-voting-period/comment-page-1/#comment-124217 AA Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:37:41 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=35505#comment-124217 A lawsuit to invalidate all voter registration forms submitted by acorn. That's what I would push for in the courts, and through the FBI and find a way to disarm the Secretary of Elections from accepting those registrations, in case they have the power to do so. A second lawsuit against illegal contributions from overseas that Obama has used already, not returned; those illegal contributors used made-up names, with unknown addresses. There is so much evidence on this that a judge can act and cut Obama's funding, so he can't buy the 30 minute infomercial 3 days before the election.... just brainstorming, I'm one that is afraid for our country, our future, so I'll call the GOP office and start vounteering here in my city. That's something we can all do. A lawsuit to invalidate all voter registration forms submitted by acorn. That’s what I would push for in the courts, and through the FBI and find a way to disarm the Secretary of Elections from accepting those registrations, in case they have the power to do so. A second lawsuit against illegal contributions from overseas that Obama has used already, not returned; those illegal contributors used made-up names, with unknown addresses. There is so much evidence on this that a judge can act and cut Obama’s funding, so he can’t buy the 30 minute infomercial 3 days before the election…. just brainstorming, I’m one that is afraid for our country, our future, so I’ll call the GOP office and start vounteering here in my city. That’s something we can all do.

]]> By: AA http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/strange-happenings-during-ohio-early-voting-period/comment-page-1/#comment-124211 AA Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:28:25 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=35505#comment-124211 CR and CFBLEACHERS: I support your initiative: how about filing a lawsuit against ACORN for malicious intent? getting an injunction against them for fililng fraudulent voter forms like the one reported here, 11 year old girl in NY? Surely there are some legal avenues and lawyers in this forum to help put together a lawsuit that stops ACORN from operating nationwide? CR and CFBLEACHERS: I support your initiative: how about filing a lawsuit against ACORN for malicious intent? getting an injunction against them for fililng fraudulent voter forms like the one reported here, 11 year old girl in NY? Surely there are some legal avenues and lawyers in this forum to help put together a lawsuit that stops ACORN from operating nationwide?

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