37. The Secretary of State shall require that all Board of Election officials and precinct pollworkers display official ID at all times on Election Day.
38. The Secretary of State shall establish a statewide uniform procedure for accommodating disabled voters, including a directive mandating curbside voting accommodation for any inaccessible precinct.
39. The Secretary of State shall establish a statewide uniform procedure for accommodating bilingual voters, including directing county Boards of Elections to identify precincts through census data and other means that may be in need of one or more translators.
- (a) Record and report any incidences of materials such as fliers and/or leaflets containing false voting information regarding the voting process.
(b) Record and report any incidences of voters being directed to the wrong polling locations.
(c) Record and report any incidences of voter harassment throughout the voting period.
41. The Secretary of State shall issue a statewide uniform code of conduct to all county Boards of Elections for all pollworkers to avoid any disenfranchisement of Ohio voters, including disparate treatment based on race, creed, color, religion, or disability status.
42. The Secretary of State shall issue an emergency backup plan to all county Boards of Elections in case of voting machine malfunction or long lines caused by machine misallocation on Election Day including the use of paper ballots.
43. The Secretary of State shall issue a directive notifying all county Boards of Elections that all voters in line at the time of the closing of the poll, including those who are at the wrong precinct, but in the right county, shall have the right to cast the appropriate ballot.
44. The Secretary of State shall direct all county Boards of Elections to count all votes cast including those that are machine rejected. This includes any opti-scan ballots marked and discernible toward voter intent with an instrument other than that provided by precinct election officials.
45. The Secretary of State shall establish reasonable uniform costs for copies of county public voting records so as to make them accessible for public use and scrutiny.
46. The Secretary of State shall establish ethics guidelines prohibiting the use of unbid contracts involving election materials vendors.
47. The Secretary of State shall recommend to the Ohio legislature a bill outlining deceptive voting procedures with appropriate remedies and penalties.
48. The Secretary of State shall establish a statewide uniform procedure for the posting of all election results at the precinct polling sites immediately upon completion of the vote tally.
49. The Secretary of State shall establish a statewide uniform procedure regarding timely and transparent recounts open to candidates, independent observers and the press. All recounts shall be matched with the certified vote total supplied to the county by the Secretary of State’s office or to the Secretary of State by the county Boards of Elections.
50. The Secretary of State shall establish a statewide uniform procedure wherein citizens may request a public hearing following an election, to gather testimony regarding verifiable election irregularities. This may be done under the auspices of the state’s Voting Rights Institute. The Secretary of State shall publicly promulgate a list of counties that fail to comply with established statewide election procedures.
originally posted at http://www.freepress.org/columns/display/3/2007/1617In
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