Blowback from Ohio's 2004 Stolen Election is Escalating

[reprehensor]

Blowback from Ohio's 2004 Stolen Election is Escalating

by Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman

In a bold move "to restore trust to elections in Ohio," Ohio's newly-elected Secretary of State, Jennifer Brunner, has requested the resignation of all four members of the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. The two Democrats and two Republicans were formally asked to resign by the close of business on March 21. Cuyahoga County includes the heavily Democratic city of Cleveland. Brunner is a Democrat who was elected to be Ohio's Secretary of State in November, 2006.

Felony convictions have also resulted in 18-month prison sentences for two employees of the Cuyahoga BOE as a result of what the county prosecutor in the case calls the "rigging" of the outcome in the recount following the 2004 presidential election. Further problems surfaced in the conduct of Cuyahoga County's May, 2006 primary, in the wake of which Michel Vu, Executive Director of the county's Board of Elections recently resigned.

In tandem, the shake-up in Ohio's biggest county reflects a widening storm surrounding the outcome of the 2004 presidential election and the conduct of elections overall in the nation's most pivotal state.

Among those Brunner has asked to resign is Cuyahoga County BOE Chair Robert Bennett, who chairs Ohio's Republican Party. Voting rights attorney Cliff Arnebeck and others have long charged that Bennett worked closely with White House advisor Karl Rove and Ohio's then-Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell to secure Bush's 2004 victory in Ohio...

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http://www.commondreams.org/views07/0320-23.htm

[Benhurst]

1. Recommended #1

[loudsue]

23. Someone needs to send Fitrakis & Wasserman a link to THIS thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x467855

Maybe they can bring charges in Ohio for an investigation. I'm afraid if we wait for the Dems in D.C., we'll be waiting until the server has been scrubbed.

:kick::kick::kick:

[CrazyOrangeCat]

2. K&R

Brunner is kickin' some butt.



:dem:

[byronius]

3. This sounds like great news. Here in CA -- Bowen is Cleaning House.

I swear, it's like having Superwoman for Secretary of State. Sharp as they come. Rock-solid honest, and an apolitical public servant of a breed not often seen. Diebold is done in this state. I am ecstatic.

[reprehensor]

10. Let there be paper. n/t

[Botany]

4. I loves me some Brunner!

Hi XXXX,

Thanks. You are a great help, too. I really appreciate the timely information you send me. Yesterday and
Saturday, we covered 7 rallies around the state with Strickland’s team. They were good events. We’re raising
money and putting together a great grassroots team on the ground. Hope to see you soon.

Jennifer


:rofl: I wonder who sent her this?

[Deep13]

7. Looks like the Help White America to Vote Republican Act is working.

(Monty Burns voice): "excellent!"

[Canuckistanian]

14. Wow, that map's quite a smoking gun, ain't it?

Cuyahoga County might just as well be Macon, GA in the 60s.

[riverdeep]

5. Man, if this story has legs.

Ohio was stolen. End of story. The president is a sham.
Well, officially.

[blm]

8. The country is ready to UNDERSTAND the level of criminality that has kept BushInc in power.

It all comes down to HOW the media protects him and downplays the truth.

[mzmolly]

6. In Paul Wellstones "The Conscience of a Liberal" he noted the importance

of never giving up hope. As I read the threads today, I think about where we were about 4 years ago, how hopeless it all seemed. Today, I read about justice slowly weaving it's way back into the fiber our nation, and it's a wonderful thing.

:toast:

[Kurovski]

9. K&R.(nt)

[Terri S]

11. Great news.. a big K & R !! nt

[Blackhatjack]

12. Jennifer Brunner is on my list of rising star Democrats...

She will have to wade into the sludge to dig out these criminals, but she appears to be up to the task. Nice start!

[MelissaB]

13. Add in this little tidbit

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x467855

jackstraw45 (1000+ posts) Wed Mar-21-07 04:45 PM
Original message
So SMARTECH, company that hosts gwb43.com (owned by RNC), ALSO hosted the OHIO ELECTION RETURNS???

[Pierzin]

15. I freaking KNEW it!!!! Reprehensor you are the man!

Thanks for the link!

[Maraya1969]

16. Is there no why that we can't get rid of this jack ass in the white house if we

prove that he did not win the election?

Is the signing in of office or whatever official steps to make a president a president the be all and end all?

[Divine Discontent]

17. I know Maraya!

it's horrible isn't it! the son of a bitch brings this country's emotions down HORRIBLY and evilly. I can't BELIEVE he's still in the white house after all these sick disgusting law breaking bull shit games his evil posse has pulled!

damn bastards need thrown in prison....

sorry, just pissed, and I realize that a lot of my pain and suffering these past 4 or 5 years has been because of this son of a bitch...

anyone else with me! W's a piece of crap!
www.cafepress.com/warisprofitable <<-- new 08 stickers and antibush stuff

[Maraya1969]

22. I'm with you. When I think about how this country was when President

Clinton left office and the way it is now and what these thieves have done I feel shocked and dismayed. Before jackass was APPOINTED president our country was prosperous and fairly peaceful with the rest of the world. The one thing the rest of the world saw as idiocy American was the stupid witch hunt of President Clinton because he committed a sexual indiscretion.

I realize 9/11 happened but that is not the reason this country has gone down the toilet in the last 7 years.

At least we see some good happening with the Dems in control now.

[Divine Discontent]

24. ROCK ON!

exactly... 9/11 isn't the reason we're in this mess... that should have been cleaned up, respected, and rebuilt by the end of 2007 or 8, and look where they're at!
www.cafepress.com/warisprofitable <<-- top 08 stickers!!!

[Eurobabe]

18. I am writing to Jennifer for an investigation of Warren Co BOE next

Someone in that department locked down the BOE bldg. so no one could watch the final tally on 11/3/04.

What do you say Jennifer?

[tom_paine]

19. INEVSTIGATE! INDICT! IMPEACH!

Seriously, let us keep exposing the Bushevik scandals, and let's peel the manhole cover back on the OTHER 90% of their scandals that have yet to see the light of day.

ESPECIALLY COORDINATED, AUTHORIZED FELONY REPUBLIC PARTY ELECTION FRAUD!

[reprehensor]

20. BradBlog reports NEW criminal investigations in Ohio - 3/21

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4306

Another criminal investigation has begun in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, where two elections officials were found to have rigged the 2004 Presidential Election recount.

A special prosecutor has now been appointed to look into the early printing of absentee ballot and early voting election results prior to Election Day in 2006. As well, the investigators will be looking into a network cable which was left plugged into a tabulator computer overnight, allowing for unauthorized access all night long.

Fox 8's I-Team has a good video report.
http://www.myfoxcleveland.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail?contentId=2724402&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=1.1.1

As well, The BRAD BLOG has learned that Ohio's new Secretary of State, Jennifer Brunner, will be personally delivering termination notices to the county's four Board of Elections members tomorrow. On Monday, Brunner demanded the resignation of the entire board in Ohio's most Democratic-leaning county. The head of that election board, Bob Bennett, is also the chair of the Ohio Republican Party. He has vowed to fight Brunner in court, which, we're told by sources, she welcomes.

It should be noted that the illegal printing of election results prior to Election Day was recently discovered as well by Election Integrity advocate, John Brakey, down in Pima County (Tucson), Arizona. That discovery has led to a lawsuit currently in hot progress down there.

Was a nationalized effort in place to print out election results prior to elections, to allow for the last-minute pinpointed targeting of Get Out the Vote efforts? We'll stay tuned...

[Roland99]

21. Can't ignore the RNC connection to the servers hosting the election results >>>>

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x467855