Cobb Asks Court to Preserve Evidence in Ohio Recount

[MelissaB]

December 24, 2004
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Cobb Asks Court to Preserve Evidence in Ohio Recount

Voting Machines in Multiple Counties May Have Been Tampered With
Columbus, OH — Green Party presidential candidate David Cobb asked a Federal Court yesterday to preserve a wide range of evidence, including voting machines and election records, to ensure the integrity of the Ohio presidential recount. Cobb's attorneys filed a Motion for a Preservation Order and for Leave to Take Limited Expedited Discovery in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio where recount litigation is pending.

"It is time for the federal judiciary to step in and ensure the integrity of the recount in Ohio, something which Ohio's blatantly partisan Secretary of State is either unwilling or thoroughly incapable of doing," said Cobb.

Papers filed with the court state that "voting machines in multiple counties may have been tampered with during the recount by an employee of Triad Governmental Systems, Inc. — the company whose computer program tallied the punch-card votes cast in 41" of Ohio's 88 counties.

Link: http://www.votecobb.org/press/2004/dec/pr2004-12-24.php


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