Article on voting irregularities in Columbus Dispatch

[pointsoflight]

It's gaining momentum, folks...

More voting questions raised
Thursday, November 25, 2004
Jon Craig
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Several new voting concerns surfaced yesterday as lawyers combed totals from the Nov. 2 presidential election.

An Akron man filed a complaint with the Summit County Board of Elections saying he "witnessed election judges telling potential voters that they could cast a provisional ballot at any table or precinct and if they did so, it would be counted."

Neil F. Schoenwetter Jr. was a volunteer election challenger for the Democratic Party on Nov. 2 at Copley High School, where six precincts voted.

Congress’ investigative agency, responding to complaints from Ohio and elsewhere, has begun to look into the vote count, including the handling of provisional ballots and malfunctions of voting machines.

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http://www.dispatch.com/election.php?story=dispatch/2004/11/25/20041125-D1-03.html

[Carl Brennan]

1. Is that the second one from the Dispatch on vote irregularities?

[boi1946]

2. That last quote is hilarious!

integrity of the Ohio voting process, my a**!

ROFLMAO!

[lizzieforkerry]

3. Thanks for posting!

I'm in Maryland for TG and couldn't get a hold of the CD, pople have been calling all morning saying I was quoted in it. My uncle thought it said you needed a subscription.

[Joe Chi Minh]

4. Self-deleted

[momzno1]

11. kick

[Joe Chi Minh]

14. Thanks, momzno1

I have to tread a fine line, but glad you caught it.

[Straight Shooter]

5. Remember, 6 votes for each precinct flipped to bush = Ohio for bush

That's all it takes. Darn, I need to find that link and post it every time.

Anyhoo, this caught my attention in the Dispatch article:

Meanwhile, attorneys for various citizen action groups that plan to contest the results said they are puzzled that vote totals in the presidential race in Warren County far exceed totals in most other statewide and countywide races.

For example, the total of 94,415 votes cast there for President Bush or Sen. John Kerry is 3,000 more than all those cast in the U.S. Senate race and a constitutional amendment about same-sex marriage.

Further, 20,000 to 24,000 fewer votes were cast in three Ohio Supreme Court races and 13,000 to 24,000 fewer were cast in various countywide races.

In Warren County, which reported a 33 percent increase in voter turnout from the 2000 elections, election officials had banned observers at the polls for "homeland security" concerns.

I don't have to play "scratch 'n sniff" to know that something stinks in Ohio.

[righteous1]

6. Don't mean to be flippant but...

If my mother had a penis she'd be my father

[YellowDoginthehouse]

7. Maybe you should head

back to freeper heaven, eh?

[righteous1]

8. No need to be insulting

Just trying to illustrate what a naive comment that was.

[SueZhope]

9. I think this is a new article from BEV on bellaciao.org

sorry to jump in this is not about your post...

Im new ,I found this maybe someone wants to post it some were
Im not sure if this is the same as what she posted
yesterday

http://bellaciao.org/en/article.php3?id_article=4513

[pointsoflight]

12. All of that is cut and pasted from DU posts by Bev.

[pbartch]

13. this note needs it's OWN thread.

I'll post it

[momzno1]

10. nasty little quote by Bennett - do we need to email him???

Ohio Republican Party Chairman Robert T. Bennett issued a statement questioning the vote challenges:

"These groups have already acknowledged the outcome of the election will not change, and their actions represent a foolish attempt to cast doubt on the legitimacy of the Bush presidency," he said. "I call on the leadership of the Ohio Democratic Party to immediately concede that this worthless recount request is an insult to the integrity of Ohio’s election system."

Robert Bennett head of the ohio republican party is also on the Cuyahoga County board of elections...Conflict of interest in an important County

I don't know if this address will get to him directly?
[e-mail]


http://www.ohiogop.org/Accomplishments.aspx?Section=82


Mr. Bennett, a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), is an attorney who specializes in tax and business law. He is the author of several publications on tax law. Prior to serving as chairman of the Ohio Republican Party, Mr. Bennett served as partner in the law firm of Bennett & Harbarger, finance director for the City of Strongsville and as a CPA with the firm of Ernst & Ernst (now Ernst & Young).

Mr. Bennett is married to the former Ruth Ann Dooley, is the father of Robert Jr. and Rose Marie and permanently resides in Fairview Park, Ohio. He was born and raised in Columbus where he graduated from St. Thomas Aquinas High School. Mr. Bennett has a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from The Ohio State University (December, 1960) and a Juris Doctor degree from Cleveland Marshall Law School of Baldwin Wallace College (June, 1967).

Mr. Bennett is a member of the American Bar Association, the Cleveland Bar Association, the Ohio State Bar Association, the District of Columbia Bar, the American Judicature Society, the American Association of Attorney-Certified Public Accountants, and the National Advisory Council for Cleveland Marshall College of Law. In addition, he is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants.

Mr. Bennett is a member of numerous civic and community boards, including University Hospitals and Southwest General Health Center of Cleveland, the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, the Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati (where he serves as vice chairman) and The Howland Group of Philadelphia.

[Eloriel]

15. just one

:kick: