Ohioans, it's time to check your voter registration

Even if you're sure.

Even if you're mostly sure.

Even if you kind-of, sort-of have the feeling you're probably registered, maybe.

Ohio's deadline to register or update your information is Oct.

5.

CANCEL 115-THOUSAND VOTERREGISTRATIONS BY YEAR'S END.YOU CAN CHECK FOR YOUR NAME INA NEW DATABASE POSTED ON THESECRETARY OF STATE'S WEBSITE.HIS GOAL IS TO GET PEOPLEREGISTERED BY NEXT MONTH'SDEADLINE.WE DISCOVERED ANEXCEPTION YOU NEED TO KNOW.HERE'S LARRY SEWARD.çPKGÑ(track)(show APRI PHOTO 1)the APRI Exception is a legalsettlement between (show APRIPHOTO 2)ohio's secretary ofstate and the a philliprandolph institute.(show FILEVOTING VIDEO)it lets countiescount votes from people withregistrations (show calendar)canceled after 2011... as longthey live at same address inthe same precinct and county.(show REGISTRATION READINESSCAMPAIGN SITE)but itsexistence is hardly promotedin the state's registrationreadiness campaign.

(sot/ tc5:13/ joe mallory/ cincinnatinaacp, first vice president)"if you don't take any action,you have to vote as aprovisional voter and then asa provisional voter..." (showENVELOPE PHOTO to covertransition) (sot/ tc 5:22/ joemallory/ cincinnati naacp,first vice president)"you haveto go over these thresholds ofmaking sure that the envelopis filled out completely andit's filled out correctly."(track)joe mallory is firstvice president (show NAACPphoto)of cincinnati's n-double-a-c-p... one of thestate's partners working toperk up inactive voters.(showvoting file video)by law...anyone registered who doesn'tvote... request a ballot orupdate an address for four tosix years is inactive andsubject to purge.ohio plans tocut 115-thousand afternovember's election.(showDATABASE mov)last week...secretary frank larose putthis database of canceledregistrations online hoping toregister everyone listed.(showvoting file video)provisionalvoting exists as back up.(larry standup)"while used inpast county elections... theAPRI exception hardly rules inprovisional vote counts."(track)(show primary votingfile video)during the marchprimary... hamilton countyaccepted 168-thousandprovisional ballots.butlerscored 641.neither had morethan 11 count through the APRIexception.

(sot/ tc :32 / ericcorbin/ butler co board ofelections)"it's definitely notthe best route.

If a voterwants to make sure they'reregistered and they can voteand their vote is going tocount, they want to updatetheir registration now."(track)(show REGISTRATIONDEADLINE photo)less than fiveweeks from ohio's deadline...election boards are pushingonline registration to tidy upvoter rolls without a purge orexception.larry seward... wcpo