Posted on 09/01/2006 5:06:29 AM PDT by Dane
Columbus -- Ballots were sabotaged in Democratic areas, including Cleveland, and double-counted in Republican strongholds during the 2004 presidential election in Ohio, said critics bringing new charges of rigging to favor George W. Bush.
Those critics include advocacy attorneys and community groups led by voting rights attorney Cliff Arnebeck, who had also filed an unsuccessful suit challenging the election. They sued Secetary of State Ken Blackwell in federal court Thursday, hoping to preserve the paper ballots from that election until they can further examine their theory.
By federal law, the secretary of state can destroy the ballots 22 months after the election -- which in this case would be next week. In light of the new accusations, Blackwell said on Wednesday that he would delay destroying the ballots. But his critics filed the suit anyway.
"It's about, we think, a systematic effort to disenfranchise certain voters, particularly urban voters, which has a substantial impact on African-American voters as well as young voters," said the groups' attorney, John Marshall.
Blackwell called the lawsuit "frivolous" and "off base."
Richard Hayes Phillips, a private investigator from Canton, N.Y., hired by Arnebeck, believes voters in some poor and black precincts in Cleveland, Akron and four other urban areas, were given ballots pre-punched for one of the longshot independent candidates.
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Ohhhh. Well, never mind then.
Wait a minute....this is about ballot problems.
See, the story I shared was about ballot problems, and this story is about ballot problems. Therefore, they relate. That means they go together.
But, you're doing really well. Yes you are. You keep working on it. Language, can be a difficult thing to understand(that means 'get').
Get yourself a treat.
No, this was as an article that stated according to state law in OH they can destroy three year old ballots.
That is not a ballot problem.
Two to one!!!
This is about a state law that allows for ballots to be destroyed after three years.
Not who gets what votes.
Ohio has both water, and land.
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