- Lawyers who have been documenting voting day problems in Ohio say they'll challenge the results of the presidential election as soon as the vote is official.
The lawyers say documented cases of long lines, a shortage of machines and a pattern of problems in predominantly black neighborhoods are enough evidence to bring such a challenge.
The lawyers, who will represent voters who cast ballots November Second, will use a state law that allows them to file a request to challenge the election with the Ohio Supreme Court. The law allows the challenge to be heard by the chief justice of the Ohio Supreme Court.
In the case of Ohio, that's Justice Thomas Moyer, a Columbus Republican. The official vote will not be certified until early next month.
Requests strain election boards, county budgets
Groups checking election results are asking county elections boards for all kinds of documents, everything from provisional ballot totals to voter signature poll books.
Elections officials say such requests from political and advocacy groups, media outlets and other organizations are straining their staffs and budgets as they try to finish the official ballot count for the presidential election.
Ross County elections director Nancy Bell says she's never experienced anything like this in her 19 years at the elections board.
Bev Harris is founder of Black Box Voting, a Seattle-based nonprofit consumer protection organization. She says her group has filed records requests for every Ohio county to check the accuracy of the the final vote report sent to the secretary of state.
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