Election Reform, Fraud, & Related News Monday 5/30/05

[Melissa G]

Election Reform, Fraud, & Related News Monday 5/30/05

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[Melissa G]

1. Governor for reform, just not in Florida

Governor for reform, just not in Florida

By MARK LANE
FOOTNOTE

Last update: May 29, 2005

It's a funny old world when Floridians are out raising money to help other states reform their elections.
One is tempted to assume there's sufficient work to be done in that department at home to keep everybody good and occupied for awhile. But that shows you how much I know.

Gov. Jeb Bush teamed up with California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger last weekend for a fundraiser promoting election reform and ballot initiatives in California. The action-movie governor swept through three cities and took in $3 million.

Here are the other two cities where large donors think fair elections are vitally important: Chicago and Dallas. Who'd have guessed?
http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/News/Local/03AreaEAST03052905.htm

[Wilms]

2. Ohio

Ohio Honest Elections has a pile of stories (published today) about the Ohio Coin Scandal

http://ohiohonestelections.org

And there's this one from the Toledo Blade



Article published Sunday, May 29, 2005

OHIO POLITICS
Noe coin controversy may be costly to GOP
Past scandals have led to change in Columbus

By JAMES DREW
and STEVE EDER
BLADE STAFF WRITERS

COLUMBUS - With its intrigue of missing rare coins bought with state funds and campaign cash flowing to Ohio Republican leaders, some are predicting that "Coingate" will be a bigger scandal than the one that led to a near-Democratic sweep of statewide offices in 1970.

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"The people in the state of Ohio are going to want to elect people in 2006 who they can trust will not use their positions to help their contributors," said state Sen. Marc Dann, a Democrat from suburban Youngstown. "The folks in charge now have shown their willingness to help their contributors at the expense of the state."

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It's unclear whether Mr. Noe used some of the state's money to make contributions to Republican candidates, including President Bush's re-election campaign, said Ron O'Brien, Franklin County prosecutor.

The U.S. Attorney's Office and the FBI are investigating whether Mr. Noe violated campaign-finance laws. That probe has focused on an October, 2003, fund-raiser in Columbus that generated $1.4 million for the Bush campaign.

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http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050529/NEWS24/505290441/0/NEWS

[Wilms]

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