Ted Strickland's (D-OHIO) residency becomes an issue, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports:

The fun began when an East Liverpool woman, Jacquelyn Long, filed a complaint recently asking that the Columbiana County Board of Elections determine whether Strickland lives in an apartment above one of his congressional offices, in Lisbon. Long's prime piece of evidence: a homestead exemption form signed by the Stricklands that lists a Columbus condo they own as their primary home.

(Oh, by the way, Long's son is a supporter of Strickland's gubernatorial opponent, Republican Secretary of State Ken Blackwell, according to Long's attorney, Heather Heidelbaugh.)

The issue doesn't affect Strickland's run for governor, but if Long is successful, she could keep him from voting. The Board of Elections shows his Lisbon apartment as his voting address.

The problem is that Strickland lists a small upstairs apartment in Lisbon as his residency for voting purposes. But to the IRS he's said that a Columbus condo is his primary residence. More information and video from the board room meeting available at RightAngleBlog.com. Local blogger Lincoln Logs has also spent a lot of time reporting on this story (he lives in close-by Marietta).

The fun part is that it was a tie vote. Guess who breaks tie votes? The secretary of state, Ken Blackwell. Ted Strickland's Republican opponent in the Ohio gubernatorial election, Ken Blackwell. Ha!

Perhaps is Ted promised that he would vote for Ken, Ken might let him vote? Naturally Blackwell wants no part of this and he's either going to kick it up down or sideways and recuse himself.

Either way, I'm sure that avoiding a subpoena is not what Ted Strickland would like to be doing right now.