updated: http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_fullstory.asp?id=40043
The Board of Elections faxed the following statement Tuesday night:
"The Cuyahoga County Board of Elections issued the following statement today regarding allegations of violating election laws involving two of its employees:
'We have absolute confidence in all of our employees, and we stand unanimously behind the integrity of the election process in Cuyahoga County.
These allegations are based on interpretation of procedures, not on any suggestions of fraud.
The Board operates under the advice and counsel of the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office. The Prosecutor's Office was specifically asked to review the recount procedures consistently utilized by the Board since 1982. The Board was advised to continue operating under the precedent used for more than two decades. Unfortunately, this same process has now resulted in indictments based on alleged procedural defects.
We are confident that no employee of the Board of Elections would knowingly or negligently engage in any unlawful conduct regarding the 2004 Presidential recount. We, as Board Members, unanimously stand by our employees in the face of these allegations."
I'd like to know exactly what these alleged shortcuts were.