The Dispatch identified a Alzheimer's patient who has voted.
In Highland County, 95-year-old Mildred Meddock registered and voted for the first time in her life despite her advanced Alzheimer's disease.
Her granddaughters learned of her newfound patriotism when they visited the nursing home where Meddock lives and saw an "I voted today" sticker on her clothing.
Records show that Meddock registered Sept. 26 when two Highland County Board of Elections employees visited the home, Heartland of Hillsboro, about 65 miles south of Columbus. Four other residents also were registered and voted that day.
"I'm hot. I'm livid," said granddaughter Chrystal Brown. "A month ago, she couldn't tell you her name she was so bad, and, depending on what time of day it is, her name is the only thing she can tell you."
Brunner characterized the vote as "odd".
The Dispatch also found votes cast by apparent out-of-staters living in New York, Kentucky, and California.
• A man who most recently lived at Rescue Mission in Syracuse, N.Y. He listed his address as 154 E. Long St. Downtown. There's no such address. The 49-year-old man never has registered to vote in New York.
• A 27-year-old man who has lived in Kentucky since 1998 listed his address as 2462 Parsons Ave. That address, if it existed, would fall somewhere below the Rt. 104 overpass near the railroad tracks in a heavily industrialized area of the South Side.
• A 33-year-old native Californian voted in Ohio on Oct. 4 using the address of a German Village house.
Brunner said the problem with of non-Ohioans voting in Ohio was "miniscule."
Matthew Damschroder, deputy county elections director, went even farther:
Damschroder agrees. In a county with nearly 850,000 registered voters, "One (double voter) is not indicative of systematic problems. It's indicative of a system that works," he said, referring to the California man with ballots here and there.I'm not quite sure what system is supposed to be working, but I think ACORN and the Obama campaign know what he's talking about.
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