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Election Staff Convicted in Recount Rig
AP via SFGate ^ | 1/24/7 | M.R. KROPKO

Posted on 01/24/2007 2:08:19 PM PST by SmithL

CLEVELAND -- Two election workers were convicted Wednesday of rigging a recount of the 2004 presidential election to avoid a more thorough review in Ohio's most populous county.

Jacqueline Maiden, elections coordinator of the Cuyahoga County Elections Board, and ballot manager Kathleen Dreamer each were convicted of a felony count of negligent misconduct of an elections employee. They also were convicted of one misdemeanor count each of failure of elections employees to perform their duty.

Prosecutors accused Maiden and Dreamer of secretly reviewing preselected ballots before a public recount on Dec. 16, 2004. They worked behind closed doors for three days to pick ballots they knew would not cause discrepancies when checked by hand, prosecutors said.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Politics/Elections; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: 2008electionfraud; cultureofcorruption; dncbrownshirts; electionfraud; electionrigging; howtostealanelection; ratcrime; voterfraud
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They did find a few extra votes for Kerry, but not enough.
1 posted on 01/24/2007 2:08:20 PM PST by SmithL
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Jacqueline Maiden, center, stands with Rosie Grier, left, and Kathleen Dreamer, during court proceedings, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2007, in Cleveland. Maiden, who was the elections board's third-highest ranking employee, faces six counts of misconduct over how ballots were reviewed in Cuyahoga County in the 2004 presidential election. Grier, manager of the board's ballot department, and Kathleen Dreamer, an assistant manager, face the same charges. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)


2 posted on 01/24/2007 2:09:45 PM PST by SmithL (Where are we going? . . . . And why are we in this handbasket????)
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To: SmithL

I don't see any Party affiliation.


3 posted on 01/24/2007 2:10:59 PM PST by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: SmithL

They're not corrupt... they're just fixing votes for Americans who should have voted Dem but forgot to...


4 posted on 01/24/2007 2:13:03 PM PST by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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To: massgopguy

Neither do I, and I am curious. Motive?


5 posted on 01/24/2007 2:13:13 PM PST by patton (Sanctimony frequently reaps its own reward.)
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To: patton

Motive?

Laziness.


6 posted on 01/24/2007 2:15:24 PM PST by traderrob6
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To: traderrob6

Three days of hand-picking ballots to recount is laziness? On what planet, may I ask?


7 posted on 01/24/2007 2:17:41 PM PST by patton (Sanctimony frequently reaps its own reward.)
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To: massgopguy
I don't see any Party affiliation

Whenever party affiliation is not mentioned in a political-type story, especially one that involves a scandal, you will 99% of the time be correct if you assume the person in question is a Democrat.

One tidbit in the story gives a big clue as to where they stand: "Kerry gained 17 votes and Bush lost six in the county's recount."

8 posted on 01/24/2007 2:19:03 PM PST by SpringheelJack
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To: SpringheelJack

It is a shame but I must agree.


9 posted on 01/24/2007 2:20:50 PM PST by VaBthang4 ("He Who Watches Over Israel Will Neither Slumber Nor Sleep")
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To: SmithL
OK Ohioians....are these girls Democrats or do they just look that way. And were they convicted of trying to rig the Demo vote up, or fake a rig of Repub. vote up to try to get the entire Ohio vote thrown into question.

Inquiring minds would like to know! Well, OK - curious minds!

10 posted on 01/24/2007 2:22:37 PM PST by HardStarboard (The Democrats are more afraid of American Victory than Defeat!)
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To: SpringheelJack

I would be willing to bet it is 99.99% Dem when you are talking cherry picking ballots.


11 posted on 01/24/2007 2:25:53 PM PST by PhiKapMom (Broken Glass Republican - Vote Rudy/Allen - Take Back the House and Senate in '08)
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To: SmithL

Not to worry. Hillary 'll pardon them!


12 posted on 01/24/2007 2:35:42 PM PST by Young Werther
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To: SmithL

my guess if this was Cuyahoga County, home of Cleveland, these were Dimbulbs...not repubbies....


13 posted on 01/24/2007 2:37:51 PM PST by duckbutt ( If you let a smile be your umbrella, then most likely your butt will get soaking wet.)
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To: PhiKapMom

It's Cleveland, home of Denny the Dwarf and Mary Rose Oakar, the check kiting queen. Of course they're dems!


14 posted on 01/24/2007 2:41:48 PM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ("Don't touch that thing")
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To: HardStarboard; massgopguy
OK Ohioians....are these girls Democrats or do they just look that way.

In Cuyahoga County, a Democratic stronghold where about 600,000 ballots were cast, the recount did not have much effect on the results. Kerry gained 17 votes and Bush lost six.

15 posted on 01/24/2007 2:42:49 PM PST by Toddsterpatriot (Why are protectionists so bad at math?)
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To: HardStarboard
Cuyahoga County? The home of Dennis the Menace Kucinich? There is no way in hell that these are anything but hard core democrat party apparachiks. It is astounding they were caught and charged, much less convicted, for doing things the way democrats have done them since New York Tammany Hall days.

Of course, the fact that each of them is ugly as week old road kill is another major clue.

16 posted on 01/24/2007 2:44:45 PM PST by katana
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To: SmithL

It sounds like they tried to cover something up to me...


17 posted on 01/24/2007 2:48:49 PM PST by Homer1
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To: PhiKapMom

I've tried to find a reference in a google search but none turned up.

In Ohio party affiliation is determined by primary voting.

According to this site:

Can I check my voter information online?
Yes. You may check your voter information at www.sos.state.oh.us. If you perform a Voter Information search and the information you registered is returned, then your voter registration form has been processed by your county board of elections. If your information is not returned in the search, you may want to contact your county board of elections to check on the status of your registration. You may also be able to check through your county board of elections’ Web site, although not all county boards have a link to the registration files.





I couldn't find them but I couldn't even find the proper line to search on.


18 posted on 01/24/2007 2:49:04 PM PST by weegee (No third term. Hillary Clinton's 2008 election run presents a Constitutional Crisis.)
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To: weegee

Okay, I found the search engine. Without reposting address specifics, I still can't get it to work.

I can't get it to accept 98th street as 98, 98th, or ninety-eighth. I'd think the full zip code should be enough. But street name is a required field.

"Do not include Street Direction(N.,W.,SE.,etc) or Street Type(St.,Ave.,Ln.etc)"

http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sosapps/elections/voterquery.aspx


19 posted on 01/24/2007 2:57:58 PM PST by weegee (No third term. Hillary Clinton's 2008 election run presents a Constitutional Crisis.)
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To: massgopguy
I don't see any Party affiliation.

Rabid racial supremacists judging by the picture. They have to be Republicans.

20 posted on 01/24/2007 2:59:23 PM PST by LoneRangerMassachusetts (The only good Mullah is a dead Mullah. The only good Mosque is the one that used to be there.)
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