Warren County OH officials that locked down Vote counting are REPUBLICANS

[Kathy in Cambridge]

Board Members

Susan Johnson, Director
Sharon Fisher, Deputy Director
Robert Hammock, Chairperson
Stella Hagemeyer, Board Member
Barbara Sizemore, Board Member
Leslie J. Spaeth, Board Member

http://www.co.warren.oh.us/bdelec /

Leslie Spaeth is a Bush elector.

Stella Hagemeyer is also a Republican:

http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?st=OH&la...

Barbara Sizemore's husband gave to Bush

SIZEMORE, DWIGHT
LEBANON, OH 45036
SELF-EMPLOYED/N/A BUSH, GEORGE W (R)
President
BUSH-CHENEY '04 INC $500 05/14/04

I don't have info for Sharon Fisher or Susan Johnson. The last names are too common.

[LosinIt]

1. How can that be?? Here in America??

[GreenPartyVoter]

15. *lol*

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[Carl Brennan]

31. LOL. Nice one.

[da_chimperor]

2. Of course they are, it's not that it was a non-partisan or anything

Good work getting that info BTW, it always irks me when so many appointees that should be non-partisan are the exact opposite. Having partisan election officials has always astounded me with it's stupidity.

[skooooo]

3. Shocked, shocked I tell ya.

[cthrumatrix]

12. hwo could have guessed..?

[wtmusic]

4. Good work RR

email that to Erica Solvig, the Cleveland Enquirer reporter who seems to be the only one in Ohio paying attention:

[email protected]

[roseBudd]

21. Erica Solvig is Cincinnati Enquirer

Also email at same newspaper.

Dan Horn, Ron Leibau (editor), Dan Sewell and Howard Wilkinson.

Ask if GOP Ohio elector Leslie Spaeth is any relation to Merrie Spaeth (Swift Boat Liars)

All email addies are first initial last name @enquirer.com

[wtmusic]

24. thanks -- just got this response

Thanks for your e-mail. This story has generated a lot of response and we are continuing to obtain information. We had another story in today's paper. The legal issues are still a matter of debate.

Keep reading,

Erica Solvig

[batchdem04]

5. wasn't Warren county the last to report?

[Ninga]

6. Were there NO Democrats??? Aren't there supposed to be?

[Ninga]

8. What offices do these officials hold? If they are election offices

they should be equally balanced.

[Lucypher]

20. Yes

Warren county was the last county to report the results -- doesn't pass the smell test.

[roseBudd]

22. yes

[MallRat]

7. Spaeth? SPAETH? Wait a minute...

Any relation to Merrie Spaeth???

:crazy:

[City Lights]

9. Don't know yet. Google not too helpful. So far.

Feel free to dig around. ;-)

[JawJaw]

10. More the Merrier

(As in Merrie Spaeth, former director of communications for President Reagan)

http://spaethcom.com/bimbo_overview.html

[Logansquare]

34. Well, you do need connections to be an elector

I hope the Inquirer will look in to that relationship, as well.

[sniffa]

11. good work RR

i Love you! :D

[Horse with no Name]

13. Yes

on Olbermann Monday night they said that Warren County was last to report and that is the county that decided the sway of votes in Ohio.

[newyawker99]

30. Hi Horse with no Name!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Kathy in Cambridge]

14. It's mutual!

:loveya:

[lizzieforkerry]

16. Leslie Spaeth is a man, BTW

He is a very moderate Rep and has been pushed out by a RW nut- I forget her name but am looking into it. I don't think he is our smoking gun.

[roseBudd]

45. Anyone could be "on the take"

One never really knows what a person is capable of. Bribery and extortion could be involved. Fear of consequences (legal, shunning) could prevent a potential whistleblower from coming forward. Party loyalty. Even Pat Buchanan intended to vote for Bush though he considers the Iraq War an unmitigated disaster.

[JawJaw]

17. Susan Johnson is Republican...

according to this old page at electionohio.com, the board composition in 2002 was as follows:

Director Beverly A. Moore (D)
Deputy Director Susan Johnson (R)
Chairperson Stella Hagemeyer (R) 2/28/2002
Member Robert J. Hammock (D) 2/28/2002
Member Earl Sizemore (D) 2/28/2004
Member Leslie J. Spaeth (R) 2/28/2004

(dates indicate expiry of term of office)
There is the confirmation that the (current) Director is a Republican.

If Earl Sizemore is registered Dem, could we assume that Barbara Sizemore is also?


http://www.electionohio.com/county.asp?CountyID=83

[lizzieforkerry]

18. Yes, Earl died

[lizzieforkerry]

19. Are you sure Barb's husband is Dwight?

[Eurobabe]

23. one vote for W, two for round file OOPS mean Kerry

[Jeff in Cincinnati]

25. Lots of smoke, but possibly no fire

Boards of Election in Ohio are evenly divided between the two parties, so it would require high-ranking local Democrats (typically appointed by the County Democratic Party) to collude with Republicans to steal the election. Locking down the BOE in Warren County was a stupid idea, but the returns that they're showing aren't out of line.

The 2004 results show Bush receiving nearly the same level of support that he got in 2000, and the increase in the total number of votes cast appears to be consistent with the population growth Warren County has experienced over the past four years -- it's one of the fastest growing counties in Ohio.

The Warren County BOE should be held accountable, and it should be made clear to the other Ma & Pa Kettle operations in the rural counties that you can't just make up the rules as you go along, but I doubt there's anything substantive going on here.

BTW, Les Spaeth isn't related to Merrie Spaeth as far as I know.

[roseBudd]

27. While the percentages may not seem out of line compared to 00

consider:

in 00 no GOTV, in fact Gore pulled out of the entire state

in 00 Bush was an unknown. In 04 he was obviously incompetant, not conservative AND

GOTV in Warren according to lizzieforkerry was phenomanel. Kerry/Dems/MoveOn and ACT were all over Warren and Kerry yard signs and bumper stickers were everywhere. The new P&G facility is staffed by NEasteners who are educated.

We need to think about how by considering how any caper is pulled off. Misdirection. Prepunched ballot cards and a switcheroo?

[Jeff in Cincinnati]

43. This is Warren County

This is Bush Country. No amount of Democratic GOTV will help you when 70% of the population is card-carrying Republican. This is the backyard of the VOA Park rally with 50,000 people. This is where all those Republicans from Hamilton County are moving to get farther away from minorities. Getting a shitload of Republican votes in Warren County is about as difficult as getting wet by falling out of a boat.

[nomatrix]

26. He is one of the ELECTORAL COLLEGE voters

WTF?
Is this the same Leslie Spaeth? The electoral college voters count the votes in the county too?


http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2004/11/01/loc_elex1melect.html

[roseBudd]

28. the same

he is reportedly moderate GOP. There are many moderates that still toe the party line

[nodictators]

29. Kerry's percentage of the vote tanked in the overnight hours

Kerry lost more than 5 percentage-points after 11pm in Warren County.

Same thing happened to him in neighboring Hamilton County (which includes Cincinnati).

I have the official data to prove this, too.

[tarheel_voter]

39. That means only one thing happened

They realized it was close and started changing the numbers to increase the Bush margin.

My question for the Enquirer is can they find out where are the original ballots, where are they physically... Are the ballots currently safe from theft/vandalism?

I hope the originals don't magically disappear.

[roseBudd]

44. Call and ask (I can't, conflict of interest)

Editor:
Ron Liebau
(M-F, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.) Local News [email protected] 513-768-8396

Cindi Andrews
(M-F, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.) Hamilton County government [email protected] 513-768-8505

Dan Horn
(M-F, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.) Federal agencies, courts [email protected] 513-768-8619

Spencer Hunt
(Columbus bureau) Ohio political issues [email protected] 614-224-4640

Greg Korte
(M-F, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.) City Hall [email protected] 513-768-8391

Carl Weiser
(Washington, D.C. Bureau) National politics [email protected] 202-906-8100

and last but not least good old

Howard Wilkinson
(M-F, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.) General assignment [email protected] 513-768-8388

[Cronus Protagonist]

32. Stating the obvious is often good, keep up the good work

Some people like to think/believe/have faith that elections officials are not partisan, exposing the truth is always a good thing.

Show your support for the president, wear a FUCK BUSH button!

http://brainbuttons.com/home.asp?stashid=13
(We usually ship same or next business day by first class mail)

[Spera]

33. FBI denies issuing lockdown!

Apologies if it has already been posted: http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2004/11/10/loc_warrenvote10.html

[Kathy in Cambridge]

35. Olbermann reported that THERE WAS NO TERROR THREAT

according to the Dept. of Homeland Security, that would make Warren, OH count their votes in a closed off building. Sounds fishy, doesn't it?

[shraby]

36. Anyone send this info to Olbermann?

[City Lights]

37. I did.

But it wouldn't hurt to have others send it as well. ;-)

[restorefreedom]

41. I bet he follows up on this tomorrow..

the fact that they are rethugs.

He seems really bothered by this "closing down the voting observation because of a terra threat in east bumf*ck Ohio" bullshit.

unlike the rest of MSM, Olbermann sees the writing on the wall because he has a brain.

Not to mention major gonads..

[tarheel_voter]

38. It looks really bad -- you can be sure these people were up to no good!

I am curious to know what were the election numbers there... B versus K, party registrations etc...

How many ballots were spoiled/rejected?

[coeur_de_lion]

40. No way! REPUBLICANS trying to lock down the vote? I'm shocked!

And all this time I've been thinking they are a bunch of fine upstanding God-fearing Americans, who only wish to do their civic duty.

Voter fraud by Republicans? :o Why it's simply unheard of. How dare you suggest such a thing.

/sarcasm off

[restorefreedom]

42. if these "officials" aren't investigated for false terror threats...

it's going to be even more obvious than it already is that this whole thing was rigged from the top down.

[ChiciB1]

46. National Vote Need Looking Into!

I sick of hearing about how we can't win because the National Vote Count is TOO GREAT!! That means NOTHING! This could have been a National Thing!! Bush WAS NOT very popular, and the Christian Right doesn't account for that much PUNCH!!

We need to make this thing NATIONAL! I'm NOT QUITTING because if we do, then we're sunk in 2008 AGAIN! This is what THEY want. They keep DEFINING US... let's DEFINE OURSELVES!! We The People!!

How Do We Get This To The National Level??