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I am going to repeatedly remind my readers, both for themselves, and for them to spread the word, that you should NOT ACCEPT a provisional ballot at the polling place on November 4.  It is the advice of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., not just mine.  

And if you need another reason to NOT ACCEPT a provisional ballot at a polling place, here’s one.  George W. Bush wants to MAKE SURE you vote provisional.

President Bush is asking the Justice Department to look into whether 200,000 Buckeye State poll-goers must use provisional ballots on Election Day because their names do not match state databases.

White House spokesman Carlton Carroll confirmed Friday that the president will forward a letter to Attorney General Michael Mukasey from House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio), requesting that the Justice Department look into whether the state’s voter rolls comply with the Help America Vote Act.

This request is not just in John McCain’s interest, but has already been rejected by the US Supreme Court.

The U.S. Supreme Court last Friday threw out a Republican-led effort in Ohio that would have required 200,000 voters to cast provisional ballots on Nov. 4 because of misspellings, incorrect addresses or other inconsistencies in their records.

Again, this is why I want Richard Cordray to address what he will do as Ohio Attorney General to investigate the racially targeted interference with Ohio’s election processes in 2008.  I can’t imagine why he is silent on this issue, but I intend to figure it out.  If Richard Cordray won’t tell Ohio’s voters what he plans to do to fight this all out assault on Ohio’s election processes, then he doesn’t deserve our vote.