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Yes, this is still an important issue, because Ken Blackwell is running for governor of Ohio in November, while, at the same time, serving as Secretary of State. In other words, he's running for office, while being responsible for the vote count! How wrong is that?!!
BTW, I witnessed the long lines here in Columbus in '04 - I stood in line for 2 hours in my blue collar neighborhood. My pastor, who is African-American and lives in a predominantly white community, was challenged as soon as they took one look at her. Long lines - sure, these could be chalked up to incompetence, but the occurances were so widespread, it gives one pause. Challenging of voters - that was Ken Blackwell's idea, as cited in Sen. Kennedy's article. Perhaps Sen. Kennedy was a little over-enthusiastic in his interpretation of some of the data, but this stuff did happen, folks, and it's gonna happen again!!
