Blackwell is saying that the OHIO taxpayers will be paying for the recount

[notadmblnd]

WTF? I thought variosu groups were taking donations to fund the recount?

[LisaL]

1. Cobb had collected money needed for the recount.

It must not cover everything, I guess. Why is Blackwell so afraid of the recount, I wonder?
Hmm?



:nuke:

[unblock]

3. right

the cost to the candidate was set in 1956 and hasn't been updated to reflect current expenses.

see olberman's blog.

[LisaL]

5. I say, good for Cobb.

If the idiots haven't updated their costs, whose fault is that?
Maybe Mr. Blackwell should pay the difference.

[unblock]

8. blackwell has reluctantly admitted that it's no one's fault but the lege's

the glibs are paying the mandated costs.
it's not their fault that the mandated costs don't cover the actual expenses.

[LisaL]

11. Well, great. Maybe I will e-mail him and tell him to cover the

difference. It's his fault, after all.
:grr:

[texpatriot2004]

16. Yeah, if there's nothing to hide why not recount them?

[googly]

27. The $10/precinct does not cover the cost. Rest paid by taxpayers.

[jamboi]

2. Technically he's correct.It will cost much more than the $10/precint, but

I say that's irrelevant. Is he saying that only rich candidates should be able to obtain justice? Or that because the Greens and Libertarians and public interest groups aren't rich none of the rest of us deserve to know what the actual count is or that we don't care about fraud? His argument was illogical, which is typical unfortunately from what we get from the righty TV set. Warning: Too much Lush will rot your brain.

[kk897]

4. the recount fund was for

the Cobb/Badnarik people to pay (10 dollars a precinct) and to get the Glib volunteer effort together.

What the taxpayers will pay for will be whatever expense of the actual ballot handling. The Glibs (or any people requesting recounts) only get to *observe* the ballots being recounted. Ergo, the counties will have to pay for whatever personnel and supplies they'll need for the recount. According to Ohio law (not that it means much to Blackwell), if the counties can't pay, the cost is passed on to the state.

But it's such a ridiculous argument. Somewhere on DU, I forget where, someone estimated that the actual cost, for the whole state, would be in the area of $125K, I think. The last time they had a recount, in 1991, it cost $73K.

Seems like a small price to pay to ensure democracy is preserved, but hey, what do I know?

[texpatriot2004]

17. Whatever it costs it's worth every penny. It's important

that we have trust in our system. Will we ever trust them again?

[drunkdriver-in-chief]

6. If true, it's blackwells own fault

If he had conducted a proper election in the first place, OH wouldn't be in this mess.

[Cobalt Violet]

13. I'm with you on that. n/t

[BringEmOn]

7. The moral of the story....

Do the job right, clean, fair, and honest the first time.

[Philostopher]

9. I've seen estimates that it will cost ...

$1 to $2 million dollars to do an Ohio recount. The requirement for funds to start the recount is about a tenth of that, or $150k.

The money comes out of whatever money is allocated to the electoral funding, doubtless.

At least it'll keep them from buying any more crappy paperless voting machines, if they have to go through with it and it seriously defunds Ken's office and his nest egg. If he hadn't f'd around with the whole electoral process here in the first place, none of this would have happened -- he deserves to have to pinch a couple million out to do this, for all the shystery he committed.

I'm all for looking for silver linings!

[imenja]

10. Jesse

Blackwell was very hostile toward Jesse Jackson on Olbermann tonight.

[LisaL]

14. Poor Mr. Blackwell.

:nopity:

[kerry2win]

12. that will be about 15 cents per person

won't bother me I gave alot more to the Kerry campaign.

[LisaL]

15. Exactly.

[imenja]

18. yeah, why doesn't Kerry pay with that 15 million

he could pay with the money he squirreled away from the campaign. He would have kept it all for his next campaign if Donna Brazile hadn't called him on it. Apparently that money is left over from the PRIMARY, meaning he could have spent it to counter the swift vote garbage in August.

[Virginian]

21. he could have spent it to counter the swift vote garbage in August.

And that may have made the difference in the results.

[texpatriot2004]

19. I think it's part of their plan to piss off the taxpayers

Someone here suggested if they go this route we talk about the costs of Iraq. Pretty outrageous that Blackwell and his buddies are going to the "we can't afford it" routine.

[LisaL]

20. That's definetly what he is going for.

Poor OH can't afford a recount. Well, I rather pay for a recount than Iraq war any day.

[texpatriot2004]

22. Me too. Let's use the war money to pay for the recounts instead.

[stopbush]

23. Fine. If they can't afford a recount, then we can't afford to have their

tainted electoral votes included in deciding the presidency.

[Kellis]

24. wow

A bald faced lie~Sick'em Jesse!!!!!

You know they are scared when they start lying like this.LOL.:toast:

[NVMojo]

25. Well our local taxpayers had to pay for security when Cheney came to town

so, I ask Blackwell, what's the difference? I would rather pay taxes to make sure the vote was correct then to pay for campaign expenses for someone I didn't support.

[burn the bush]

26. HOW MUCH DID THEY PAY FOR THE MACHINES that cant add?

i read where some of the machines in nevada i think, cost 30,000 each to rent. Machines at that price need to add.