Last week, Foolocracy reported a quirk in Ohio voting law that allows a person to register and immediately cast an absentee ballot between the dates of September 25 and October 3. Absentee ballots are supposed to be available only the 30 days prior to an election. This interpretation of Ohio voting law allows absentee voting to begin a week earlier. Ohio is currently dead even between McCain and Obama.

The Obama campaign is planning to take advantage of this electoral quirk by holding rallies at colleges across Ohio, then transporting the unregistered students to election boards where they can immediately cast absentee ballots. Republicans are intending on bringing a lawsuit against the Secretary of State’s office to prevent absentee voting beyond the usual 30-day period.

Barring a successful challenge to Ohio’s early registration and voting plans, the Ohio Presidential eleciton may be decided in September and early October, before the “official” absentee voting happens. The polls will never pick up this anomaly.