Ohio Election News

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At 08:55 AM 12/13/04 -0600, Cynthia wrote:

>...I saw Kerry's lawyers publicly state that they would not recommend a

recount. He accepted that...

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News Release December 13,2004.

 

http://www.onnnews.com/Global/story.asp?S=2682767

 

Kerry lawyer asks for visual inspection of some Ohio ballots

 

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Democrat John Kerry is asking county elections officials

to allow his witnesses to visually inspect the 92,000 ballots cast in Ohio

in which no vote for president was recorded, a Kerry lawyer said Sunday night.

 

The request is one of 11 items that Kerry is asking for as part of the

recount that Ohio's 88 county boards of election will begin this week,

according to a letter sent to the boards over the weekend.

 

" We're trying to increase the transparency of the election process, " said

Donald McTigue, the lawyer handling the recount for the Kerry campaign.

 

Two minor presidential candidates who received 0.30 percent of the votes in

last month's election requested the recount, claiming that the election was

full of irregularities that need to be addressed....(snip)

 

Kerry's campaign supports the recount but says it won't change the election

outcome. Bush's campaign has criticized the recount effort, saying it won't

change anything...(snip)

 

Copyright 2004 Associated Press. All rights reserved.

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http://72.3.133.32/press/2004/nov/pr2004-11-30b.php

 

November 30, 2004

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

Kerry-Edwards campaign files papers in Ohio to intervene in legal

proceedings in defense of Green Party presidential candidate David Cobb,

Libertarian Michael Badnarik

Columbus, OH —

 

Today, attorneys representing the Kerry-Edwards campaign filed papers in

Delaware County, Ohio to intervene in legal proceedings in defense of Green

Party presidential candidate David Cobb, Libertarian Michael Badnarik and

their legal counsel, the National Voting Rights Institute, who are seeking

a recount of all votes cast for president in the Ohio 2004 general

election...(snip)

 

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And in other news:

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

Contact Information:

Joan Quinn (937) 320-9680, (916) 396-9714 – cell

Katrina Sumner (937) 608-5861

 

Ohio Election Investigation Thwarted by Surprise Blackwell Order

 

Dayton, Ohio

Friday December 10, 2004

 

On Friday, December 10, two certified volunteers for the Ohio Recount team

assigned to Greene County were in process recording voting information from

minority precincts in Greene County, and were stopped mid-count by a

surprise order from Secretary of State Blackwell's office. The Director

Board of Elections stated that " all voter records for the state of Ohio

were " locked-down, " and now they are not considered public records. " ...(snip)

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Does anyone still believe there is nothing to hide? Does someone have the

birth data for the state of Ohio? It may have been posted before, and if

so, I apologize. I've had to scan messages rather than take time to

carefully read them.

 

Therese