Miami County, Ohio Election Official Resigns Under Weird Circumstances [View all]

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Source: Crooks And Liars

By karoli

This is worrisome, not because a Republican election director resigned, but because it raises more questions than answers... ...

There appears to have been a significant delay in getting absentee ballots out in this county, too. Due to be mailed out on October 2nd, it seems that it took longer than it should. And then there's the weirdness surrounding orders from Secretary of State Jon Husted, ordering local officials not to contact voters by phone about issues with their absentee ballots. Instead, they must contact them by mail, which means a far longer delay in processing those ballots. Here's one story from Butler County, Ohio, via Democratic Underground...

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I can think of a couple of possibilities. One, that this Republican elections director had some shreds of integrity in him and defended an election worker who reached out directly to voters in his mostly rural district if there was an issue with their ballot. Or two, that he saw issues with the new voting machines in this county which were possibly raised by that election worker fired, and found himself being forced to resign after the worker was fired. Or, perhaps it was just a tawdry affair between a worker and her boss. Or his boss. Who knows?

Ohio just raises the hackles on the back of my neck in every general election, and this one is no exception. This story has more to it than just stress and a random firing of an election worker. I smell it, but I can't quite put my finger on it. Maybe one of the crack investigative reporters out there like Lee Fang will be able to get a fix on what's going on.


Read more: http://crooksandliars.com/karoli/miami-county-ohio-election-official-resigns

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This may have come about from this thread posted here on DU, which is referred to and linked by the Crooks and Liars piece.

If so, good work, DU, but the work on this is not over. There are more questions in the mind of the reporter, and this should continue to get our attention.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251158764