Cuyahoga Prosecutor would OK plan to defy Blackwell,scan absentees

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(<"We have to lock down the election," board Chairman Bob Bennett said>

"We have to lock down the election"? What an odd thing for Ohio Republican Chairman/Cuyahoga County Board of Elections Chairman Bob Bennett to say.)

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Vu won't ask to scan ballots early

Prosecutor says he would OK plan if elections board would just seek ruling

Thursday, October 26, 2006
Joan Mazzolini
Plain Dealer Reporter

Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason is ready to tell elections officials they can defy Secretary of State Ken Blackwell and scan thousands of absentee ballots days before Election Day, ensuring that results are ready on Election Night.

If only elections officials would ask.

But the county elections board does not plan to ask for the opinion. Officials had planned to seek it but changed their minds Wednesday. They will try to scan more than 100,000 ballots in 20 hours on Election Day, relying on their scanners to work faster than they have in the past.

"We have to lock down the election," board Chairman Bob Bennett said in an interview. "We can't be involved in a legal fight. The secretary of state says it's illegal. . . . I don't want to take the risk."...


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1. Notice that we don't COUNT votes any more. We SCAN them. n/t