Petition names allegedly faked

[johnnie]

CUYAHOGA FALLS - Hilary Labbe has been a registered Democrat for as long as he can remember.

Aside from the 2000 primary when he jumped ship for one ballot to vote for John McCain, the Cuyahoga Falls man said he's always been faithful to the Democratic Party.

So when the retired B.F. Goodrich worker walked to the mailbox last week and found a letter from the Summit County Republican Party thanking him for signing a petition seeking to amend the Ohio Constitution to ban gay marriages -- he said he was stunned.

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John Schmidt, deputy director of the county elections board, said about 100 of the 3,883 signatures filed in a second round of petitions appear ``suspect.''

The petitions were filed in a statewide bid to ban gay marriages.

Aside from other instances of apparent forged names of registered voters, Schmidt said, workers found the signature of one voter who is deceased.

``It appears the problems are numerous,'' he said.

http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/news/local/9778552.htm?1c

I have a feeling that Ohio has some pretty heavy problems in our state.

[Fridays Child]

1. As Wally O'Dell might say, there's more than one way to skin a Democrat.

[TrogL]

2. Maybe it's time to call the United Nations

and tell the people who are coming to monitor the elections that it's time to show up. This is getting ridiculous.

[proud patriot]

3. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

I think we all should send this story to
Kieth Olberman , 60 minutes , and anyone else
you think might air it .

This Is WAR :mad:

[UpInArms]

4. ah, the GOP

party for the lying, cheating, democracy hating folks that have no respect for anyone's life.

I am so sick and tired of this shit I could scream.

:argh:

[Supersedeas]

5. Rovian democracy at its finest

[MsUnderstood]

6. wow the ohio controversies are amazing

I'd like to see a full investigative story. I know you could take up an hour:

Ohio's 2000 election issues (didn't they have electronic voting?)

Ohio's Electronic voting 2004

Ohio's push to reject voter registration forms

Ohio's attempt to falsify petition signers

Jeez, and I thought California was exciting. What do y'all have in your water?

[ProudDad]

7. Just a historical note

Crooked elections are a time-honored American tradition. Remember Box 13? Remember Hayes? This sort of thing wouldn't have been noticed in the 60's or before.

The good news is that people are starting to pay attention to the problem and demanding that everyone's vote COUNTS!

We need to keep our eyes and ears open and keep the pressure on the "powers that be"...

:spank:

[struggle4progress]

8. Republicans love to help the dead vote. eom

[NNN0LHI]

9. It goes both ways. I live near Chicago. Vote early and vote often n/t