Settlement vindicates ACORN

What happens when a court says ACORN is right?

Wingnuts' heads explode, that's what.

ACORN filed a suit several years ago in Ohio about the state's refusal to implement a law to register more voters. This was filed during the reign of Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell - a Republican notable for presiding over irregularities in the 2004 election.

Now this case has finally been settled, as the state has agreed to implement the law. The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 required family service offices to make sure people who received aid got a chance to register to vote. Now this settlement means Ohio will put this law into force.

What? You mean Ohio ignored this law for 16 years?

Yes, that's exactly what it means.

This follows settlement of a similar suit in Missouri regarding that state's refusal to implement the law. Now there's similar suits in Indiana and New Mexico, because those states won't follow the law either.

Why hasn't someone been sent to jail over this? Why do so many states think they can just ignore the law outright?

(Source: http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/11/acorn_suit_over_voter_registra.html)