Reply #8: List of articles on possible votefraud from Ekstra Bladet, Denmark

[Danish Reporter]

Dear DU'ers.

I have compiled a short list of what I have reported so far, so you can see the direction I'm going in and the numerous holes I still need to fill to cover the story.

Edit: Thank you very much for mails, links, advice! Very good work. Please keep it coming.

Yours
Bo Elkjaer


November 6, 2004: Votefraud in Ohio?

Bush got 4258 votes in a ward with only 638 votes cast

Theres reasonable suspision of votefraud in Ohio. In the ward Gahanna 1-B president Bush stands to receive 4258 votes - out of only 638 cast. Kerry is receiving 260 votes of the 638 cast. The article mentions that Gahanna has 20.130 citizens in voting age and - according to the mayor - 70 percent of those have registered to vote. Yet, the total ballots cast is 20.736 - a discrepansy, that the error in Gahanna 1-B can't account for, even if the voter turnout is 100 percent.


November 16, 2004: Recount in Ohio

David Cobb has announced that the Green Party has collected the fees to file for a recount in Ohio. Several reports have emerged of major problems in Ohio. Gahanna 1-B, but also technical problems, ballots thrown out and targeting of colored voters. Hearings are being held in Ohio after the election.


November 19, 2004: Phony Florida

CHAOS: Bush have received several thousand illegitimate votes

The article is about Michael Houts report from Berkeley U.


November 22, 2004: Machines moved votes

Maskiner flyttede stemmer

Suspicion gathers on the Diebold machines. More on the report from Berkeley, analysis of results from Calhoun, Lafayette and Liberty Counties. Six counties with more votes than voters. The complaint from four election officials.


November 22, 2004: Thousands of votes missing

In Laporte, Indiana, 79.000 registered voters cast only 22.200 votes. It was expected that 65 percent of the voters would vote, so presumably 29.000 votes are missing. Recount in New Hampshire. Members of Congress have asked the GAO to investigate the election. Doubts about results in Ohio, Florida, North Carolina and California.


November 22, 2004: Suspicion of fraud, technical errors and irregularities mar vote count

Up to 260.000 votes plus for Bush, impossible voter counts of 130 percent in wards. Thousands of votes missing in Indiana. Kerry announces to his supporters, that he will keep challenging the administration, no matter what outcome the counting may give in the end.


November 22, 2004: Send to recount

More on Ohio. Mahoning and Mercer showed 25 million negative votes. Ken Blackwell closed doors at midnight and turned away the lines still waiting to vote. Cuyahoga Heights have 131 percent registered voters compared to population.