Attack on election board whistleblower and leaked Blackwell threats

[dogday]

Ohio's Election Theft Scandal Re-Fired
By Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman
The Free Press

Monday 23 May 2005

Attack on election board whistleblower and leaked Blackwell threats.

The potential firing of Ohio whistleblower Sherole Eaton, Deputy Director of the Hocking County Board of Elections, has re-fired bitter controversy over the stolen 2004 presidential election.

And newly released documents confirming a pre-election threat by Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell against election board officials has added to the mix, as has the dismissal of Blackwell's highly publicized sanction attempt against attorneys who challenged the election outcome.

A paid Hocking County Election Board staff official, Eaton gained national notoriety when she blew the whistle on a Triad vote count technician. The technician swapped-out a hard drive in the tabulating computer located at the Board of Elections office before a statewide recount could be completed. According to a December 3, 2004 affidavit sworn by Eaton, the Triad technician "advised" the Hocking County Board of Elections' Republican Director Lisa Schwartze on how to "post a 'cheat sheet'" to make the recount match the officially reported election total. Advocates of the recount complain that the unexplained intrusion by the technician compromised the integrity of the vote count.

Eaton's whistleblower report resulted in heavy national publicity surrounding the technician's intrusion, including dramatic testimony at hearings conducted by Congressman John Conyers (D-MI) that helped lead to the historic January 6 challenge of the seating of the Ohio Electoral College delegation in Congress. Revelations of the technician's intrusion led to angry charges that the vote count had been hopelessly tainted.

In an exclusive May 23 interview, Schwartze told Freepress.org that "Sherole is on vacation." When asked if Eaton had been fired, Schwartze commented that Eaton has until June 30 to resign or be fired, and "that decision came from the Board."


http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/052405K.shtml

[goclark]

1. The truth will probably come out in 2020

They know they stole Ohio!

[dogday]

2. They did steal Ohio, the methods that Blackwell used were

atrocious. Whenever they find out, I want Bush's legacy to be that of a a thief and a liar....

[FreedomAngel82]

3. Me too

I make sure in my family he's always known as a theif and liar and war criminal. I hope this comes out soon. If it's known that Kerry did win the election what would happen??

[meow2u3]

4. Blackwell makes Cruella look tame by comparison

What is it with those female and minority Repunks? Are they trying a bit too hard to fit in by acting more like criminals than the white male Repunks?