The huge effort by a pro-Obama group, Vote Today Ohio, takes advantage of a quirk in the state's elections laws that


**************************************************************allows people to register and cast ballots at the same time without having to prove residency.************************************************

Republicans have argued that the window could lead to widespread voter fraud because officials wouldn't have an opportunity to verify registration information before ballots were cast.

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"I never voted before," Woods said,

*******************************************************because of a felony conviction that previously barred him ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

from the polls. "Without this service, I would have had no way to get here."