Protestors Gather At Board Of Elections

[Algorem]

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Concerns Rise Over Potential For Problems In Special Election

POSTED: 6:34 pm EDT August 7, 2006
UPDATED: 6:34 pm EDT August 7, 2006

CLEVELAND -- Tuesday is a big day for local elections officials, the first election in Cuyahoga County since the May primary election fiasco.

There is also another push to get elections director Michael Vu to resign, and people gathered Monday afternoon at the Board of Elections headquarters for the latest in a series of protests calling for new leadership.

Problems with new electronic voting machines and poll workers who felt they were not properly trained led to a weeklong delay in counting votes last spring.

The board itself tied in a vote on whether to fire Vu, so he remains on the job for now and says the big November election will run much better...


Push to oust Vu blocked again
Vote on Cuyahoga election chief tied

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Tuesday, August 08, 2006
Joseph L. Wagner
Plain Dealer Reporter

Democrats made a second attempt Monday to oust Michael Vu as Cuyahoga County elections director, but their bid to demote him was blocked -- at least for now -- by Republicans who again deadlocked the vote at 2-2...

But Democrats, armed with a legal opinion from elections board lawyer Reno Oradini, disagreed, saying Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell, a Republican, can and should break the tie. Oradini works for county Prosecutor Bill Mason, a Democrat...

James Lee, spokesman for Blackwell, said Monday night that "a tie vote means it fails" with respect to the July vote. He said Blackwell would not consider the latest deadlock until after receiving the paperwork.

Bennett criticized the Democrats' choice for interim director, saying Nolan has no election experience...




http://www.wcpn.org/nine/schedule/2006/0724.html

Tuesday, 7-25-06
Aftermath of a Primary Fiasco
Inadequate training, mechanical problems, insufficient staff. In Cuyahoga County's May 2nd primary, all kinds of things went wrong. Last week, the three-member board given the task of figuring out what happened, and why, released a scathing report - placing blame for the debacle squarely on the shoulders of Board of Elections Director Michael Vu and his deputy. Since then, an effort to oust Vu has failed. We'll talk about what happens now Tuesday morning on 90.3 at 9.
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See Also: Ohio Secretary of State Not Deciding on Vu's Fate
Guests: Cleveland Municipal Judge Ronald Adrine; Daniel Tokaji, Election Law @ Moritz (Ohio State University law school)

[IndyOp]

1. WORK THE POLLS PEOPLE!! If you are worried about elections,

contact your local political party and sign up to work the polls on election day! You CAN help make elections more accurate and more fair by participating!

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[OnionPatch]

3. You are so right!

We MUST get involved locally. There should be some of us at EVERY polling station, keeping watch, monitoring the process.

I'm trying to educate myself on the local process here and I'm going to poll training later this fall. Please, let's others do the same. We also need to make a huge effort nationwide to start supporting Democrats for registrar of voter positions everywhere.

[OzarkDem]

2. I hope Mason gets aggressive on this

He's the only hope we have of holding the GOP accountable in Cuyahoga County. Put Steve Dever on the case.