Fraud is already happening in my local elections - Please Help

[Freedom_from_Chains]

This is an E-mail letter I just received from the county Democratic Party. Needless to say, Kathy Richardson, mention in the story, is a Republican.

Dear Friends,

The Hamilton County Democrats have been in the news lately and we wanted to make sure you knew about it. The news stems from a series of errors made by Kathy Richardson, Hamilton County Elections Administrator.

The news started earlier this month when the County Election Board discovered that the name of a candidate was missing from hundreds of absentee ballots. The same week, the Elections Office also missed a deadline for mailing absentee ballots to military personnel The party promptly issued a press release raising its concerns over the errors, which were just the latest in a series. The press immediately took notice. Articles appeared in The Noblesville Daily Times and The Noblesville Ledger.

Days later, Democratic Party candidate for County Council, Bob Threlkeld, discovered his name also wasn't on the ballot while voting early at the government center. With 2 missing names of candidates, from hundreds of ballots, the party issued a second press release expressing greater concern. Our release was again picked up by the media. Articles appeared in the Indianapolis Star, The Noblesville Daily Times, and The Noblesville Ledger. The party is demanding to know why the Elections Office is making so many mistakes at a time when their workload has decreased due to the fact that their office is no longer responsible for voter registration. The Elections Office is managed by Elections Administrator, Kathy Richardson, who is also a State Representative. We are now questioning whether Richardson should even be running the Elections Office, when she herself is running in the election.

With the series of errors in mind, along with the conflict of interest, the party is now demanding that the County Commissioners and County Clerk ask for Kathy Richardson's resignation. If you agree, please contact your County Commissioner and/or the County Clerk. Call the office of the County Commissioners at 776-9719. Their website is here. Call the County Clerk, Tammy Baitz at 776-8534 or email her at [email protected]. If you are concerned that these errors are occurring less than 20 days from Election Day, please write your newspaper a letter to the editor. Kathy Richardson needs to be held accountable. Hamilton County voters have the right to feel confident about the election process.

On Edit: If you read this story please help by sending an E-mail to our local paper and to the County Clerk's office letting them know that people are watching. I would like to see both these addresses inudated with E-mails. Any support would be greatly appreciated as this is the heart of Red America.

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[McCamy Taylor]

1. Kick!

[BlueJazz]

2. Damn!....How in the hell can you "forget" to have people on a ballot?

Shit..the populace should run that crooked/incompetent bitch on a rail headed out of town.

[pinto]

3. Here's an example of the local press doing a good job of oversight.

Kudos.

[rumpel]

4. sorry....which state?

posting into ERD for additional exposure

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=203&topic_id=453915&mesg_id=453915

[Freedom_from_Chains]

5. Indiana, thanks, I hadn't thought of that. n/t

[brooklynite]

6. Umm, where the LAWSUIT?

I see a lot here about press releases and phone calls. I don't see anything about going to Court to compel Election officials to take specific action to restore all legitimate candidates to the ballot.