New Ohio SoS seeks resignations of Cuyahoga BOE, includes GOP chairman.

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The Ohio 2004 investigation seems to be having it's first major impact. Check this news:

kster .... Tue Mar-20-07 11:38 AM

Forced resignations and stiff prison sentences intensify the escalating blowback from Ohio's 2004
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DU Discussion: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x469386

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.

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1. Complaint against the remaining Cuyahoga County Board of Election officials

The complaint includes 2004. This is big news!!!!!


Columbus Dispatch - http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=64827

Read the complaint against the remaining Cuyahoga County Board of Election officials

Thursday, Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner issued a detailed complaint .....

... accuses Bennett and Florkiewicz of numerous instances of misfeasance, nonfeasance and violations of state election law in five distinct areas:


* Failure to adopt adequate procedures for election recounts resulting in the felony convictions of two board employees.

* Failure to manage competently the board's financial affairs.

* Failure to ensure the efficient administration of elections in 2004 through 2006 .........

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2. Brunner made right move in Cuyahoga

Brunner made right move in Cuyahoga
03/23/2007 - http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18117653&BRD=1698&PAG=461&dept_id=21846&rfi=6


When something's broken, you fix it. That adage especially applies to a public entity with an obligation to run efficient elections.
Give Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner credit for being a quick study. Upon taking office, she couldn't ignore the incompetence demonstrated by the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections.

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3. 2nd Election Official Quits in Ohio

2nd Election Official Quits in Ohio

Friday March 23, 2007 2:16 AM

By M.R. KROPKO
Associated Press Writer
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6501371,00.html

CLEVELAND (AP) - A second elections board member in Ohio's most populous county quit Thursday, and a state official filed a complaint to remove the two remaining members because of persistent voting problems.

A day after saying he wouldn't step down, Democratic board member Loree K. Soggs resigned, Cuyahoga County elections board spokesman Alan Melamed said.

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4. "Secretary of State tightens screws on Elections Board" in the MSM

Secretary of State tightens screws on Elections Board
Friday, March 23, 2007
Joan Mazzolini - Plain Dealer Reporter
http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1174639719208580.xml&coll=2

Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner on Thursday accused two holdouts on the Cuyahoga County Elections Board of violating state election law as part of her move to oust them.

Brunner filed a complaint that also accuses board Chairman Bob Bennett and board member Sally Florkiewicz, both Republicans, of misfeasance and nonfeasance. The 18-page document specifically charges the pair with failing to:

Adopt adequate procedures for election recounts, resulting in the felony convictions of two board employees on charges of rigging a recount.

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5. DUer eomer: Ohio SoS pulls plug on Cuyahoga BOE Chairman Bennett

eomer Wed Apr-04-07 10:20 AM
Ohio Secretary of State pulls plug on Cuyahoga County BOE Chairman Bennett
Discuss at: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x470182


Secretary of state pulls plug on Bennett
Election board chief violated policy, according to Brunner
Wednesday, April 04, 2007 - http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1175675420302590.xml&coll=2
Mark Naymik - Plain Dealer Politics Writer

Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner suspended Cuyahoga County Board of Elections Chairman Bob Bennett on Tuesday, saying that he violated board policy recently by requesting that the board extend a contract with public-relations executive David Hopcraft. ....

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7. freepress: Bye bye to Cleveland GOP Election Chair Bob "Ballots for Bush" Bennett

babsbunny Wed Apr-18-07 06:29 PM
Bye bye to Cleveland GOP Election Chair Bob "Ballots for Bush" Bennett

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Bye bye to Cleveland GOP Election Chair Bob "Ballots for Bush" Bennett
by Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman
April 16, 2007 - http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2007/2542


Ohio's Bob "Ballots for Bush" Bennett, an essential player in putting George W. Bush back in the White House in 2004, is no long chair of the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. His milestone resignation leaves a legacy of scandal, recrimination, massive voter purges, felony convictions and a pivotal role in a stolen presidential election.

Bennett has quit in a signature cloud of graceless accusations and cheap shots at Jennifer Brunner, Ohio's newly elected Secretary of State, who asked him to resign along with the rest of the Cleveland election authority. His forced departure marks the biggest landmark yet in the unraveling theft of the presidential elections in Ohio 2004.

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6. Bennett hearing delayed at Bennett's request. April 16, 9 a.m.

Bennett hearing delayed at Bennett's request. April 16, 9 a.m. Euclid City Hall.

Removal hearing for Cuyahoga elections chariman delayed one week
Associated Press - http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/news/17038596.htm

CLEVELAND - The removal hearing for Cuyahoga County board of elections chairman Bob Bennett has been delayed one week at the request of his attorney.

.... The hearing will take place at 9 a.m. April 16 at Euclid City Hall, Brunner's spokesman Jeff Ortega said....

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Bennett has argued that Brunner's actions are political harassment and that she is trying the help her party in the 2008 presidential election. The state clinched re-election for President Bush in 2004.