Posted on 12/13/2004 11:54:37 AM PST by West Coast Conservative
The Ohio delegation to the Electoral College cast its votes for President Bush on Monday, hours after dissident groups asked the state Supreme Court to review the outcome of the state's presidential race.
The 20 GOP electors voted unanimously for Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney.
"The vast majority of people understand this election is over," said Gov. Bob Taft, who was at the electors' voting session in the state Senate chamber.
The challengers who went to the Supreme Court question whether Bush won the key swing state by 119,000 votes, guaranteeing his victory over Democrat John Kerry.
The court did not act on their request before the electors cast their ballots.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson and attorney Cliff Arnebeck of the Massachusetts-based Alliance for Democracy accused President Bush's campaign of "high-tech vote stealing."
Jackson said the challengers noticed Bush generally received more votes in counties that use optical-scan voting machines and questioned whether the machines were calibrated to record votes for Bush.
The dissidents claim there were disparities in vote totals for Democrats, too few voting machines in Democrat-leaning precincts, organized campaigns directing voters to the wrong polling place and confusion over the counting of provisional ballots by voters whose names did not appear in the records at polling places.
If the court decides to hear the challenge, it can declare a new winner or throw out the results.
"While the existence of anomalies could possibly be explained by human error or technical malfunctions, the fact that, in every case in Ohio known to the contestors, the error favored the Bush-Cheney ticket, strongly indicates manipulation or fraud," the challengers said in a court filing.
Protesters had been expected to demonstrate outside the Capitol during the Electoral College vote, but none was present.
Congressional Democrats sent a letter to the governor on Monday, asking him to delay the electoral vote or at least consider the results unofficial until the disputes are resolved.
"The vote is required to move forward by law, and it will more forward," said Taft spokesman Orest Holubec. "The vote has been certified by the secretary of state, and all of the valid provisionals have been counted."
Carlo LoParo, spokesman for Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell, said that for the challengers' accusations to be true, he said, officials of both parties would have had to conspire to throw the election.
"That's simply a ridiculous assertion," he said.
Led by a coalition representing the Green and Libertarian parties, the dissidents are paying for recounts in each of Ohio's 88 counties that will begin this week. The recounts are not expected to be complete until next week.
Kerry issued a statement last week saying reports of voting problems should be investigated to ensure there are no doubts in future elections. His campaign does not dispute that Bush won the election, but supports the recounts.
The DU idiot-crew thinks NOW a recount can begin- wait, NOW a re-vote can be done. Yes, they think Ohio will 'throw out' the election results and a re-vote will put it all right for them. Amazing.
The Fat Lady sang, took a bow, a curtain call, a shower and is now wolfing down the groaning board at Scandia.
Sure they do, but they will give it to us as soon as they prove their allegations about Florida 2000.
One thing I don't understand; when does Jesse Jackson get his check ?
We actually used mind-control. Democrats went to the polls and unconsciously cast their vote for Bush. Got the idea from the Spongebob Movie.
This will be great dinner conversation to make moderate Democrats feel embarrased for being Democrats.
Is that anything like a 'high-tech lynching, reverend?
Is it wrong to take advantage of the simple?
Was just over there from a link on another thread.It is hard not to have a little pity for them but than I remember stupidity is born in someone,ignorance is willingly accepted.
It's so over.
on behalf of myself and all Bush supporters, I would just like to thank the Libertarian and Green parties for killing two birds with one stone:
1) contributing to the shredding of the "Democratic" Party
2) further undermining their own credibility as "independent" "alternative" "third" parties. Pat Buchanan destroyed the Reform Party in 2000, and the US Labor Party was self-immolated by Lyndon LaRouche in 1976, when he tried to get a recount in, hmm, maybe Kentucky? Basically on behalf of the defeated Ford.
near-term goals:
2006 - defeat Hillary in particular, and all other Dims in general
2008 - further increase the Republican majority in the Congress, and win the White House
"If the court decides to hear the challenge, it can declare a new winner or throw out the results. "
Uhhh! No it can't.
Kofi and Kojo are sending it FedEx!
Well, don't let this get outside FR, but my neighbor's dentist's second cousin lives in Columbus, and said his mailman says there's an affidavit filed by a guy nobody's ever heard of that asserts that an unnamed poll worker might have seen a voter complain that a machine changed his vote. And that means the election might be overturned!!
But don't panic. Karl Rove is personally visiting the unnamed poll workers house right now, and using his hypnotic powers to convince the poll worker that it was actually a disguised alien trying to stir up trouble here on Earth to pave the way for their invasion.
I think there's only one good way to solve this for good. Let's have a presidential boxing match. Let GW kick Kerry's a$$ all over the ring and give him a good 'ol KO. Maybe when he has no teeth left they'll agree that it's over.
-GDD
Love the pic....says it all...
This whole "Ohio vote fraud" campaign is just a thinly-disguised fundraiser for Jesse Jackson. By making people think he's still relevant, Jackson can continue to dupe people into sending cash to his organization.
Good idea but let's make it fairer. They box first and have a windsurfing contest second. May the best man win!
The Dummies are whining that the Peterson verdict has been timed in order to divert MSM attention from this matter. Seriously, they have an entire thread about this "conspiracy". Morons!
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