Ohio official says election went smoothly

[True_Blue]

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The state's election chief told lawmakers at a sometimes-testy congressional hearing Monday that Ohio's presidential election went as smoothly as possible, given the resources available and some last-minute interpretations by state and federal courts.

Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell testified before members of the U.S. House Administration Committee during a special hearing at the Ohio Statehouse. Members of the committee peppered Blackwell with questions about provisional ballots, long voting lines and other issues in the election that gave President Bush the 20 electoral votes he needed to capture re-election.

His appearance came more than a month after he failed to appear before the committee at a hearing in Washington.

U.S. Rep. Bob Ney, an Ohio Republican and the committee's chairman, took Blackwell's absence as a snub, especially since Blackwell was in Washington the same day to lead a meeting of the nonpartisan Campaign Finance Institute.

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http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/breaking_news/11195776.htm

[Botany]

1. Republicans find no problem in Ohio ......

...... From Casablanca ....."I am SHOCKED."

[wildflower]

2. Fox Says All Hens Are Accounted For; No Security Breach in Henhouse...n/t

[ohtransplant]

3. Can you say kangaroo Court? n/t

[Botany]

4. Meanwhile Rep. Nye said he was looking........

...... forward to another Irish golf junket w/ Tom Delay. His aids are
right now taking bids from lobbyists as to who gets the bill. * has said
that homeland security had the greens fees, carts, and lodging covered.

[meganmonkey]

5. I'm surprised he even showed up

:eyes:

That bastard should go to jail. Of course, he'll probably end up being the fricking governor of Ohio.

[Maccagirl]

6. Hey Kenny-boy

Why weren't you in line for 4 hours with me on November 3rd?

[burn the bush]

7. smooth as a baby's bottom, in a diaper filled with shit!

[OhioChick]

8. "Smoothly as Possible?"

After midnight, there were still horrendous lines of people that extended outdoors and wrapped around buildings waiting to vote.

[struggle4progress]

9. Maybe we can create the smooth process in REPUBLICAN precincts ...

... in 2006: ten hour lines and so on. Share the wealth, ya know: it would be so selfish of us Democrats to hoard these blessings in our own precincts, when EVERYBODY could enjoy them ...

[PC12]

10. I'd like to see Rethugs wait days in line to vote.

They deserve it for what they did!
:grr:

[earth mom]

11. Better yet, how about some jail time for what they did? eom