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Thursday, April 9, 2009
Strickland: Ohio in ‘great danger’ of losing 2 congressional seats
Associated Press report
Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland says the state is in “great danger” of losing two congressional seats after the 2010 Census is completed.
Strickland said Thursday he believes Ohio will certainly lose one member in the U.S. House and chances are strong that it could be two.
Ohio was on the brink of losing a representative after the 2000 Census and has since seen its population grow only modestly while many other states have seen much larger gains.
Strickland signed an executive order Thursday establishing the Ohio Complete Count Committee to raise awareness of the upcoming Census. The governor said it’s vital that every resident is counted so the state doesn’t miss out on federal aid or lose more than one representative.
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Brunner plans to send Husted documents back to Montgomery County
If Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner gets the documents she wants from state Sen. Jon Husted, R-Kettering, Brunner said she plans to send them back to the Montgomery County Board of Elections.
Brunner said on Thursday, April 9, that she hopes that the board then could use the information in the documents to break 2-2 tie on whether Husted lives in the Kettering house where he is registered to vote.
If the board remains deadlocked, Brunner, a Democrat, said the issue “would come back to me.”
She declined to say categorically that she then would cast the decisive fifth vote breaking the tie but indicated that she would.
“At this point I’m prepared to follow the law…but how the law is applied depends upon what the facts are.” Ohio law says that tie votes are sent to the secretary of state “who shall summarily decide the question, and the secretary of state’s decision shall be final.”
Husted was not pleased with the prospect of a further delay.
“I would like a timely decision and I would like for Jennifer Brunner to make it as soon as possible,” he said.
He said he has not seen her letter asking him to voluntarily provide the documents. Among the records she’s requesting are his utility bills, banking records and tax returns.
Husted says that he lives in Kettering but also stays with his wife and kids at his wife’s Upper Arlington home.
Brunner said the board should have the same information she has.
“…if the way the statute works, I end up sort of being the fifth vote on the board…well, whatever information is considered should be considered by the board and so if I were to make a decision based on the information that the board didn’t have, I’m not sure that would be appropriate,” Brunner said.
