Cleve. PD.....Cuyahoga Board Deflates Vote Suspicions

[OhioChick]

A confusing counting method employed by Cuyahoga County elections officials appears to inflate the vote totals in some suburbs, further fueling suspicion on the Internet about the integrity of Ohio's unofficial election results.

To a casual observer, Cuyahoga County seemed to have more votes than voters in some areas on Election Day - a 90,000-vote disparity being hyped in cyberspace under headlines such as "Stolen Election" and "Ohio Fraud."

The problem stems from an election canvassing report posted on the county's Web site, where the number of "ballots cast" in several suburbs exceeds the number of registered voters.

For example, the documents suggest that 13,939 ballots were cast in Beachwood, though only 9,943 voters are registered there.

http://www.cleveland.com/search/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1100082911218052.xml?ncounty_cuyahoga


"Being hyped in cyberspace?" :grr:

[truthpusher]

1. I had a feeling they would try to explain this away.

[liberal N proud]

2. Just more BUSHSHIT

[mopinko]

3. so, then

there are other geographic areas that should have fewer votes than voters, and the state wide totals should balance out.

[meti57b]

4. exactly!!

[OhioChick]

5. One Would Think......n/t

[sandnsea]

6. Well I don't know, but

Why only in the suburbs? Other areas should have overlaps creating peculiar ballot totals too, right? Bush won in the suburbs and very rural America. Without the suburbs, no Bush win.