Breaking an hour ago via The Trail blog on the WP:
Courts Allow Same-Day Vote Window to Go Forward in Ohio
Basically, if you live in Ohio, you can register to vote and submit an absentee ballot at the same time between October 1 and October 6.
Time to put the ground forces into action.
How does this work?
...in Ohio, absentee ballots must be ready for distribution 35 days before the election but the voter registration deadline is 30 days before the election. That gap creates an "overlap" period for same-day registration and absentee voting
Make sure to thank Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner for defending the democratic political process and the rights of Ohioans to have their votes counted:
Phone: (614)-466-2655
Toll Free: (877)-767-6446
E-mail
Oh, and if you live in Ohio (and especially if you live in an area where election day "irregularities" have been common the last few times around), please consider voting during this window. The more votes get cast and counted, the more effectively the national campaigns can allocate their assets and personnel.
This doesn't prevent screw-ups and systematic disenfranchisement, it just makes it easier to do an end-run around such Rovian tactics.
Given the systematic disenfranchisement of poor communities and people of color in recent cycles, this has to work in Obama's favor. For those of us who live elsewhere it's time to go to the phones.