Delay Runs Away! Election Reform, Fraud, & Related News Tues 8/8/06

[Melissa G]

Election Reform, Fraud, & Related News Tuesday 8/8/06


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[Melissa G]

1. DeLay Vows to Take Name Off Texas Ballot

DeLay Vows to Take Name Off Texas Ballot

By SUZANNE GAMBOA
The Associated Press
Tuesday, August 8, 2006; 6:43 PM

WASHINGTON -- Former Majority Leader Tom DeLay said Tuesday he is taking the necessary steps to remove his name from the November ballot, giving his party a chance to field a write-in candidate in hopes of holding the House seat.

Buffeted by scandal, DeLay said his June 9 resignation from Congress was "irrevocable" and maintained that he's no longer a Texan.
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DeLay was forced to act after Republicans lost several court fights to remove his name from the ballot in the Houston-area district and replace him with a GOP-chosen nominee. Republicans ended their legal battles Monday when Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia refused to hear their case, letting the appeals court decision stand.

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DeLay faces money laundering charges in Texas alleging he helped route illegal corporate cash to legislative campaigns in 2002. DeLay also has close ties to Jack Abramoff, the lobbyist at the center of a congressional corruption investigation. Two former DeLay aides who later worked with Abramoff have pleaded guilty in the investigation.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/08/AR2006080801026.html

[Melissa G]

2. DU Discussion here...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=180x35574

[Melissa G]

3. DeLay says he won't run for House seat

DeLay says he won't run for House seat


Aug 8, 2006 — By Erwin Seba

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Indicted former U.S. House of Representatives Republican leader Tom DeLay said on Tuesday he will not run for his former seat in Congress even though federal courts have ruled his name cannot be replaced on the November ballot.

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A spokesman for the Texas secretary of state's office said the only thing DeLay can do to take his name off the ballot is file to withdraw from the race, leaving the Republican Party with no nominee for the seat that DeLay, a leader of the GOP conservatives, held for 21 years.

University of Houston political science Professor Richard Murray said DeLay's decision virtually hands the seat to Lampson.
"I would say there is a 98.5 percent chance Democrats will pick up that seat," Murray said. "Whether they can hold it down the road is another question."

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"Tom DeLay has cut and run from this fight twice now, said Lampson campaign manager Mike Malaise. "Nick will continue running his positive, issue-based campaign we hope the multiple write-in candidates who enter this race will do the same and reject DeLay's brand of dirty politics."
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=2288893

[Melissa G]

4. San Diego Greens Call for Removal of Electronic Voting Machines

Press release...


San Diego Greens Call for Removal of Electronic Voting Machines

THE GREEN PARTY OF CALIFORNIA
www.cagreens.org

GREEN PARTY OF SAN DIEGO, CA
www.sdgreens.org

August 07, 2006
Released Aug 04, 2006

A Resolution of the Green Party of San Diego County, California calling for the removal of electronic voting machines from the County of San Diego.

The Green Party of San Diego County does not endorse the protocols used for obtaining and tabulating votes during the June 6 primary and previous elections.. As we outline below, the process is fundamentally insecure leading to election results that are neither accurate nor verifiable.

Whereas voting machines are known to have gone home overnight with poll workers who had not undergone background checks, and who had unsupervised access to these voting machines, as documented by Pamela Smith, Nationwide Coordinator, www.VerifiedVoting.org and Verified Voting Foundation, and poll workers Terry Olson, Brian C. Baer, Patricia Mack Newton, and others, and admitted to by Registrar of Voters Mikel Haas, who told the Union Tribune, that the practice of sending home voting machines with poll workers "has been followed without incident for about 40 years." (Electronic voting machines have not been in use for 40 years, so the Registrar's statement appears to be inaccurate.)... (1)

Whereas the multiple means of a single individual undetectably "hacking" both optical scan and touch-screen machines have been documented by the Brennan Center Report, the second report of the Irish Commission on Electronic Voting, and the Hursti Reports... (2)

Whereas the Secretary of State has ignored his own technical advisory panel regarding security safeguards submitted in their report on November 8, 2005...(3)

Whereas the machine count on optical scan machines used in two different Iowa primary elections were found by a hand recount to have been inaccurate and to have altered the results of the elections...(4)

Whereas observers have noted that there does not appear to be any public oversight of the security of ballots between an election and a recount, the recount process is no more transparent than the first tally, and the costs of recounts are prohibitive ..(5)

Whereas the electronic voting machines to be used in the November election in San Diego county produce no paper trail and cannot be verified or audited to ensure accuracy...(6)

Whereas all vote counting must be public and it is humanly impossible to view any tallying of votes which takes place within optical scan, touch screen machines or central tabulators so as to ascertain that they have not been programmed to display an incorrect result....(7)

Whereas the costs of the maintenance of electronic voting machines are prohibitive... (8)

Whereas the Registrar of Voters apparently plans to hire, at taxpayer expense, at least one extra poll worker per precinct, a specialist whose duties include turning the new voting machines on and off..(9)

And whereas all electronics quickly become obsolete and must be replaced, while the costs and reliability of paper and pencil have remained relatively steady for hundreds of years......

It has been resolved by the Green Party of San Diego County to call for the Board of Supervisors of San Diego County to terminate the contracts with Diebold for costly voting machines that do not and cannot meet certification standards, and to put in place verifiable elections procedures, preferably paper ballots that would be hand counted at the precincts in full public view.

This resolution adopted by the County Council of the Green Party of San Diego County:

SOURCES:


1 http://votetrustusa.org/
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=2932
http://www.bbvforums.org/forums/messages/73/32802.html?1152131323

2 http://brennancenter.org/programs/downloads/Executive%20Summary.pdf http://www.cev.ie/htm/report/download_second.htm
http://www.blackboxvoting.org/

3 http://www.ss.ca.gov/elections/2005_pmp_report_final.pdf

4 http://votetrustusa.org/

5 http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/070706B.shtml

6 http://www.votetrustusa.org/

7 http://brennancenter.org/programs/downloads/Executive%20Summary.pdf http://www.cev.ie/htm/report/download_second.htm
http://www.blackboxvoting.org/

8 http://www.bbvforums.org/forums/messages/8/19518.html
http://www.bbvforums.org/forums/messages/8/9658.html

9 Registrar of Voters employment application







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Office: PO Box 57065 Washington, D.C. 20037
Email: [e-mail] 202-319-7191 or toll-free (US): 866-41GREEN


http://www.gp.org/press/states/ca_2006_08_07.shtml

[Melissa G]

5. Voters: Be prepared for election result delays

Voters: Be prepared for election result delays

Rebecca Boyle, (Bio) [e-mail]
August 7, 2006

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Although Weld County's voting machines are new and improved, election results might trickle in a little slower on Tuesday night, said Steve Moreno, Weld clerk and recorder.
"I don't want everybody's hopes to get up that it will go how it's gone in the past," he said.

Each voting site has several ballot machines. Election judges will have to take microchips out of the machines, which are made by Diebold Election Systems. The chips will have to go to the new county election office, 1401 N. 17th Ave., so results can be tabulated.

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No matter what, be prepared for slightly longer delays for election results, Moreno said.

"It's not because we're having hiccups, I don't think -- we've got more machines and more challenges," he said.

http://www.greeleytrib.com/article/20060807/NEWS/108070078

[Melissa G]

6. Electronic Voting Machines Greet Voters at the Polls

Colorado..
The Telluride Watch

Published: 8/08/06

Electronic Voting Machines Greet Voters at the Polls
By Josie Jay

Voters heading to the polls for today’s Primary Election will be faced with new technology as electronic voting machines make their debut in San Miguel County. The county purchased six of the machines, one for each precinct, to comply with a state mandate. The federal Help America Vote Act required every polling place to be accessible for people with disabilities by this year’s election.

Each electronic voting machine cost $6,000, limiting the number the county could afford to purchase. “We would like to have at least two per precinct by the general election,” said Jacque Franklin of the County Clerk’s office. With only one electronic machine per precinct, many voters will still be using paper ballots. In fact, if someone wants to vote by paper ballot, they cannot be refused, said Franklin.

The electronic voting machines automatically tally the votes entered into them. To count the paper ballots, the county purchased an electronic counting machine. “It looks like a paper shredder,” said Franklin, an image that may not instill confidence, but the machine should guarantee accuracy.

Paper ballots must be fed into the counting machine one at a time through a slot on the top. The machine reads the ballots, tallies the votes and prints a paper report.

http://www.telluridewatch.com/080806/vote.htm

[Melissa G]

7. Many Change Party Affiliation at Deadline

Many Change Party Affiliation at Deadline


By Jennifer Connic

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A few of them were there to register for the first time to vote in Tuesday’s Democratic primary, but most wanted to change their affiliation from unaffiliated to Democrat.
The deadline to register for Tuesday’s primary was today at noon, and Democratic Registrar of Voters Nita Cohen said 79 people visited her office either to register for the first time or change their affiliation.

Tuesday’s primary features the governor and U.S. senator slots for the November election. U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman faces off against Ned Lamont for the senate slot, and New Haven Mayor John DeStefano and Stamford Mayor Dannel Malloy face off for the governor slot.

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Of the people who visited her office in the three hours before the deadline today, she said, 61 were changing from unaffiliated status to Democrat.

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Over the last few weeks, many people have been changing their party affiliation to Democrats so they can vote on Tuesday’s primary, which is a trend across the state.

http://www.westportnow.com/index.php?/v2/comments/14267/

[Melissa G]

8. FACTBOX-Mexico's partial recount in presidential election

FACTBOX-Mexico's partial recount in presidential election
Tue Aug 8, 2006 4:47pm ET

Leftist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador alleges massive fraud in the election he narrowly lost to ruling party conservative Felipe Calderon. Lopez Obrador wants all of the roughly 41 million votes counted again but the electoral court has rejected that request. He has launched massive street protests to press his case.

Following are the details of how the recount will proceed.

* The recount, ordered by Mexico's electoral court, will be conducted by officials at the Federal Electoral Institute, or IFE, in the 149 electoral districts affected. Most of the recounts will be in northern and western areas where Calderon won resoundingly.

* Counting will begin at 9 a.m. (1400 GMT) and continue until completed, running through the night where necessary. The count must be finished by Sunday evening, giving a five-day timeframe.

http://today.reuters.com/news/articleinvesting.aspx?type=bondsNews&storyID=2006-08-08T204739Z_01_N0855390_RTRIDST_0_MEXICO-ELECTION-RECOUNT-FACTBOX.XML

[Melissa G]

9. Mexican activists seize toll booths...Mexico City

Mexican activists seize toll boothsFrom correspondents in Mexico City

August 09, 2006 02:48am

LEFTIST activists took over toll booths in Mexico's capital today and allowed cars to move through without paying to protest alleged fraud in the July 2 presidential vote, the local radio station Formato 21 reported.

"This action is courtesy of the coalition," said Gerardo Fernandez, a spokesman for the Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD), whose candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador barely lost the election.

PRD supporters seized the toll booths on three highways and let cars pass through free as they entered and left Mexico City.

One said it was only a temporary action, though without saying how long they would hold the toll booths.

http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,20068026-5005361,00.html

[Melissa G]

10. Commentary: New Mexico shouldn't follow Arizona's strict voter-ID rules

http://www.abqtrib.com/albq/op_commentaries/article/0,2565,ALBQ_19866_4902308,00.html

Commentary: New Mexico shouldn't follow Arizona's strict voter-ID rules
By Adrian Vigil
August 8, 2006

The Committee on House Administration convened a hearing in Las Cruces last Thursday titled, "Securing the Vote." This hearing, one of several planned by the House Republican leadership throughout the country, however, was designed to undermine the voting rights of new voters, new citizens and minority voters.

TODAY'S BYLINE
Vigil is a member of ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (www.acorn.org), living in Las Cruces.


I worked with ACORN to register 4,500 new voters in Las Cruces in 2004. I know that thousands of new Hispanic voters are going to the polls thanks to our work, and this is what scares House Republicans.

I also know that claims made at Thursday's hearing that immigrants are voting illegally en masse are false. Thursday's hearing was a political ploy designed to bolster support for a flawed enforcement-only approach to illegal immigration. Rather than work out compromise immigration legislation with the U.S. Senate, House leaders have taken the low road by organizing these hearings in Las Cruces and elsewhere to spread hostility toward immigrants and build support for voting requirements that disenfranchise voters.

House leaders said Thursday's forum was intended to give New Mexicans the opportunity to inject local perspectives on the subject of immigration reform. Instead, it was used to build support for photo-ID requirements used in other states that have stopped thousands of Hispanics from casting ballots.

http://www.abqtrib.com/albq/op_commentaries/article/0,2565,ALBQ_19866_4902308,00.html

[Melissa G]

11. Lopez Obrador for Mexican Morality, Dignity

Lopez Obrador for Mexican Morality, Dignity

Mexico, Aug 8 (Prensa Latina) "Mexico deserves a president with moral and political authority to start the transformations the country needs," opposition candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO), from the For the Good of All coalition, asserted.

Monday, in an act in front of the Electoral Court of the Mexican Judicial Power (TEPJF), AMLO said he will start a movement to change national institutions, injustice and oppression, and purify public life.

"We will not allow that money continues to prevail over Mexican morality and dignity," he affirmed while calling his followers to keep up actions of peaceful civil resistance until the votes cast on July 2 are recounted one by one.

In that context, the opposition runner rejected the TEPJF verdict that denied that request and decided to recount only nine percent of the 130,477 nationwide voting tables.

http://www.escambray.cu/Eng/news/Wobrador060808905.htm

[Melissa G]

12. In Mexico, waiting for a recount

Opinion

In Mexico, waiting for a recount

8/8/2006

By EUGENE ROBINSON

MEXICO CITY - This huge cosmopolitan city takes almost everything in stride, but nerves are beginning to fray. For the past week, the Paseo De La Reforma and the Zocalo - Mexico City's grandest boulevard and its most historic plaza - have been occupied by a tent-city encampment of protesters demanding a recount of last month's presidential election. Traffic was always bad, but now the concept of gridlock is being redefined.
On Thursday, demonstrators briefly blocked the entrance to the stock exchange. Rumors that they would try to shut down Mexico City's international airport prompted authorities to send in elite forces to beef up security. Newspapers speculate daily on other potential targets.

In his first interview with U.S. journalists since the election, the man responsible for all the drama, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, didn't sound like the delusional would-be messiah his opponents portray. He sounded like a confident, stubborn man who truly believes he was robbed of the July 2 election and intends to fight to the bitter end.

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"I could not accept anything else," Lopez Obrador said in the interview Sunday, which took place in the silver-and-blue tent at the edge of the Zocalo where he had spent the past several nights, surrounded by supporters from his PRD coalition. He had just finished a speech reassuring the crowd that their "peaceful civil resistance" would continue.

In Lopez Obrador's view, Mexico is still in a democratic transition after seven decades of one-party rule. It is a country with "profound social inequalities," a "classist and racist" nation where the wealthy power brokers "are not businessmen, but are traffickers in influence." He sees his candidacy as a historic opportunity to give the disenfranchised majority a real voice.

http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20060808/1025464.asp

[Kurovski]

13. Thank you, Melissa G!

Happy election day!

[Melissa G]

27. It was a happy election day indeed! Thanks for the K&R!

[Melissa G]

14. Diebold defrauded the Federal certification process.

Thanks to kpete for the post and the DU discusion here....
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x445438

Diebold defrauded the Federal certification process.
By Michael Shelby
[e-mail]

The Diebold Company obtained its Federal certifications for their touchscreen voting machines by committing fraud, including withholding information and submitting false documentation. An investigation that spans three years by election integrity activist Jim March, formerly of Black Box Voting, renders the electronic voting machines of the Diebold Company “legally valueless.” If I were Diebold I would be afraid . . . very afraid!

A statement released Thursday, August 3, 2006, by Dr. Richard. R. Lee, PhD describes how the Windows CE operating system used by the Diebold machines is not Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) software as Diebold has submitted in its request for National Association of State Elections Directors (NASED) certification. NASED certification is required in 37 states and plays a significant role in most of the others. Federal Elections Commission (FEC) 2002 rules state, “. . . devices and software are exempted from certain portions of the qualification testing process so long as such products are not modified in any manner for use in the voting system.” Dr. Lee recognized by Microsoft as an Embedded MVP for his work with Windows CE, states that, “It is not possible to build a functioning release of Windows CE for any platform strictly from the executable components provided by Microsoft. There are always program elements which must be developed for that specific platform . . . typically done by the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) or by their agent ; not by Microsoft.”(emphasis mine)

Windows CE is effectively a “kit” that “requires significant customization to work on a voting machine, such as a Diebold touch-screen,” as Senator Debra Bowen of California and candidate for Secretary of State, pointed out March 27, 2006 during the California Certification Hearing. She went on to rebut Wyle Labs Joe Hazeltine, “It’s not ‘Commercial Off The Shelf Software.’ It won’t work without being customized. Diebold has the source code for Windows CE and can modify core features and yet here they are basically writing saying “We don’t want to be looking at the Windows CE 3.0 system, even though it could only run on a Diebold touch-screen if it were customized.” To which the Wyle Labs rep responded, “Well . . . you can read it that way . . .” What the Wyle rep failed to grasp, or chose not to, is that once you have customized the Windows CE software it must undergo a source code review as required of any customized code by the FEC rules. It didn’t and the Diebold Internal Email of April 15, 2002 stated, “We do not want to get Wyle reviewing and certifying the operating systems.” And that’s fraud!


more at:
http://spidel.net/blog/?p=771#more-771

[Melissa G]

15. Travis County Clerk - Elections Division - Austin Texas

Here in my hometown we are making headway!! It is not transparently hand counted paper ballots but it is better than it was! Thanks to Bill Bored for the post and shout out! DU discussion here
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x445414

Press release from our elections division..


Travis County Elections 8/7/2006 9:27 AM
Travis County Clerk - Elections Division
For Immediate Release: August 7, 2006
Contact: Mary Fero, 854-3293; 854-4996

County Clerk to Observe Paper Audit Trail System in Colorado

Austin-Travis County Clerk Dana DeBeauvoir will be in Colorado on Tuesday, August 8, for the Colorado Primary election. DeBeauvoir and two senior staff members from the County Clerk¹s Elections Division will observe Hart InterCivic's Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) system in the metropolitan area south of Denver.

Colorado is among the first states to implement a Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail on the Hart eSlate voting system, with more than 40 counties slated to use Hart¹s new VVPAT for the upcoming primary elections. Travis County is discussing the possibility of a voter verifiable paper audit system, which has not been certified and is not currently available anywhere in Texas.

To make this type of application work properly in Travis County, we will need clear, written procedures and extensive training of poll workers, said DeBeauvoir. We want to learn from other urban areas how best to make a voter-verified paper audit trail system successful here.

DeBeauvoir said the trip would provide an opportunity to observe voters and election judges in real-life situations. She also planned to discuss with election officials how best to audit the paper record.

We¹ll observe first-hand how voters handle the voter-verifiable paper audit trail system, DeBeauvoir said, adding that we're particularly interested in seeing how election judges manage the logistics of paper jams, explain the system to voters, and open and close the polls.

Following her return, DeBeauvoir said she will work with the local legislative delegation and the Texas Secretary of State to draft language for any necessary changes in law or procedure needed to bring a VVPAT system to Texas.

The eSlate system has been in use in Travis County since 2002, following its unanimous recommendation by a citizen advisory group and subsequent adoption by the Travis County Commissioners Court.

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[Melissa G]

16. California Voters File To Halt Use of Electronic Voting Machines

Thanks to Vote Trust USA for the post!

California Voters File To Halt Use of Electronic Voting Machines
New from States - California
By VoterAction
August 08, 2006
Hearing to take place in time for November election

California voters challenging the use of Diebold touch screen voting systems today filed a motion for preliminary injunction in San Francisco Superior Court, asking the Court to prohibit
purchase or use in California of Diebold Accuvote TSx electronic voting machines for use in the November 2006 general election. A hearing on the motion for preliminary injunction is expected on August 31, 2006. Defendants in the case are Secretary of State Bruce McPherson and elections officials in 11 California counties. Elections officials in eight other California counties have been dismissed from the suit, after they signed affidavits that they will not use Diebold touch screens for the November elections.

"This case will be the first time the California Courts have looked at the evidence on the myriad defects of this touch screen electronic voting system, and its failure to satisfy state law for election security. If the California voter plaintiffs win, the Secretary must immediately decertify
the problem-plagued machines, and counties will still have time to find an alternative for use in the November election," said John Eichhorst, co-counsel for the plaintiffs, and a partner at the law firm of Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin in San Francisco.

"This case is a powerful and well-documented challenge to the Secretary of State's certification of the Diebold touch screen machines, which is illegal because they cannot be made secure, reliable, or verifiable. Unless the Court acts to prevent it, we are headed for a train wreck in the November election," said Lowell Finley, co-counsel for the plaintiffs and co-director
of Voter Action.

http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1

[Melissa G]

17. TV link for Connecticut election results

Thanks to flpoljunkie for the link!
DU discussion here
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2765341
Tue Aug-08-06 07:28 PM
Original message
Try this TV link for Connecticut election results. It is posting results.
http://www.wfsb.com/politics/9641261/detail.html

Votes Percent Winner
Ned Lamont 1,747 60%
Joe Lieberman 1,188 40%

[Melissa G]

18. LIEBERMAN JUST LOST HIS HOME PRECINCT!

LIEBERMAN JUST LOST HIS HOME PRECINCT!

LIEBERMAN JUST LOST HIS HOME PRECINCT!

LIEBERMAN JUST LOST HIS HOME PRECINCT!

:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x1852784

[Kurovski]

20. It couldn't have happened to a nicer DLCer.

:D

[sonias]

19. Bye bye bugman indeed

Fair and free elections in TX-CD22. It's a start.

Sonia

[Viva_La_Revolution]

21. and a KICK!

[Algorem]

22. Ohio-DEMS TALK TOUGH

http://www.freetimes.com/story/564

Ohio Democrats are lining up behind a recently filed lawsuit alleging that Secretary of State Ken Blackwell's voter registration directives, based on an elections bill passed earlier this year, are unconstitutional...

Dann revealed that the elections bill gives the attorney general power to investigate and prosecute election fraud, with a six-year statute of limitations — meaning that if Dann is elected in November, it could be open season on getting to the bottom of what happened here in 2004.

"I could convene a grand jury if I thought there was probable cause for voter suppression in 2004," said Dann, "and to prosecute if the suppression was found to have been criminally motivated as well. Whether it rises to that level I don't know. But I would take a look at that."

And in yet another sign that fair elections could return to Ohio if Democrats are elected, Dann said that within a few weeks, he and Democratic secretary of state candidate Jennifer Brunner will be announcing their plan to protect the integrity of the 2008 election. — Anastasia Pantsios

[Melissa G]

23. McKinney alleges voting irregularities

Thanks to onehandle for the post and the DU discussion here
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2444347


McKinney alleges voting irregularities

Shortly after the polls opened on Tuesday, allegations of voting irregularities began appearing on U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney’s campaign Web site.

At 8:14 a.m., the first complaint appeared: “Less than an hour into voting, McKinney’s name is not on ballot, opponent’s is,” read an item on her blog.

Other similar allegations would follow throughout the day as 4th Congressional District voters decided whether to send McKinney back to Congress, or give the Democratic nomination to runoff opponent, Hank Johnson, a lawyer and former DeKalb County commissioner.

The McKinney Web site noted voting machines not working or mysteriously casting incorrect ballots, “insecure” voting equipment, police harassment, and poll workers refusing to hand out Democratic ballots.

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/elections/entries/2006/08/08/mckinney_allege.html

[Kurovski]

24. Kick!

:kick:

[EFerrari]

25. Kick.

Thank you, Melissa G.

[Land Shark]

26. K&R thanks for this thread

[Melissa G]

28. Thanks for your good work making the news!