Blogged by Brad on 3/10/2006 @ 12:50pm PT...
OH MY OHIO: Third Election Official Indicted on Charges of Gaming 2004 Presidential Recount!
All Three Still Allowed to Work at Cuyahoga County Board Even While Under Indictment...
In case you don't know, the ballots from the 2004 Presidential Election in Ohio have never actually been counted . Or even recounted. The "official" recount, called for by the...
In case you don't know, the ballots from the 2004 Presidential Election in Ohio have never actually been counted. Or even recounted.
The "official" recount, called for by the Green and Libertarian Parties in the state, was gamed and carried out completely against state law by Ohio's Sec. of State (and Bush/Cheney's Re-Election Committee Co-Chair) J. Kenneth Blackwell.
The Green and Libertarian Parties are still challenging that recount in Federal Court. As well, two Cuyahoga County Election Officials were indicted last August for gaming that (non)recount.
And today, AP informs us, a third one has just been nabbed as well...
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