"McCain frequently mentioned Wurzelbacher in his Oct. 15 debate with Democrat Barack Obama. After that, Wurzelbacher's name was run three times on Bureau of Motor Vehicles computers, The Dispatch reported yesterday morning.

The information was accessed through accounts assigned to the office of Ohio's attorney general, the Cuyahoga County Child Support Enforcement Agency in Cleveland and the Toledo Police Department.

Who accessed the information, and why, has not been determined. Access to BMV data is restricted to legitimate government purposes. Illegal access can be a crime.

Attorney General Nancy H. Rogers' office said the information sought through its "test account" was accessed outside its office, perhaps by another agency with whom the account had been shared. Details were not provided."

Read the rest here.  My previous post here.  More at Thurber's Thoughts too.

Update:  A comment from another web site: 

"In Ohio we can't use government computers to check the ID of voters, but we can use them to investigate the personal history of someone in Toledo who asks Obama a revealing question.
This is just a taste of our future."

For context, read here.

Thanks, Cornell.