Pets, kids and the dead getting Ohio voter registration forms, Husted says

An effort to encourage voter registration by a Washington, D.C., group seems unwittingly to be sending letters to pets, children and deceased Ohioans, according to a news release from Secretary of State Jon Husted’s office. The Voter Participation Center, which mails voter registration forms to those who are unregistered, has been the subject of an increasing number of complaints at boards of elections throughout the state and the secretary of state’s office, according to the release