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CaptainTruth

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9. They stole the Ohio election in 2004, & tried again in 2008 but failed.

Reply to ancianita (Reply #2)

Tue Sep 8, 2020, 01:30 PM

Sep 2020

From what I remember the OH election IT staff went home on election night 2004, which allowed Rove's guys to crash the election servers & take over (& modify) vote tabulation.

They tried to do the same thing in 2008 but the OH IT staff stayed on the job election night & were able to keep control of the election servers (& the vote counting) when Rove's guys tried to crash the servers.

New Court Filing Reveals How the 2004 Ohio Presidential Election Was Hacked

https://truthout.org/articles/new-court-filing-reveals-how-the-2004-ohio-presidential-election-was-hacked/]

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Ohioans won't know final, official election results for weeks [View all] brooklynite Sep 2020 OP

I have no doubt that states will start setting a distant 'bar' for finalized results. Siwsan Sep 2020 #1

That's exactly where Karl Rove and operatives were waiting to beat Obama in 2008, too. ancianita Sep 2020 #2

I think that was 2012 with Romney? stillcool Sep 2020 #6

Maybe. But I remember when I flew out two Stanford techies to OH for the Obama election. ancianita Sep 2020 #8

absolutely!..and Ohio has been such a fine example stillcool Sep 2020 #12

They stole the Ohio election in 2004, & tried again in 2008 but failed. CaptainTruth Sep 2020 #9

Right! That's how I remember it, because Rove was slack-jawed on FOX saying there "HAS ancianita Sep 2020 #10

The Ohio Democratic Party Executive Director says it didn't happen brooklynite Sep 2020 #11

Why would you give more credence to her than an anonymous person on the internet? Jose Garcia Sep 2020 #19

Good. That's the way it was for most of our republic's history. Mister Ed Sep 2020 #3

I agree. Before the 24 hour news cycle TexasBushwhacker Sep 2020 #5

Sounds like Republican Frank LaRosa setting the stage for fraud ... Auggie Sep 2020 #4

Exactly right... diverdownjt Sep 2020 #18

We won't need OH to win. Most of the states, except maybe CA will have most votes counted Thekaspervote Sep 2020 #7

An Ohio win would be really, really nice. zeusdogmom Sep 2020 #14

I think absentee ballots are counted on election day zeusdogmom Sep 2020 #13

They start counting absentee ballots before election day. LisaL Sep 2020 #16

It should not take a month to tally the votes. LiberalFighter Sep 2020 #15

Found this article interesting , it was also dated end of Aug . By now requests are higher Kathy M Sep 2020 #17