Ohio plans recount of some primary votes

[Ichingcarpenter]

Source: Raw Story

Ohio's elections chief wants a fraction of the state's Democratic and Republican presidential primary votes recounted.

Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner is hoping the first-of-its-kind audit will verify there were no major snags in the March 4 election.

Eleven counties have been asked to volunteer for the audit. They would recheck at least 7 percent of the vote by hand. Paper ballots counted by optical scan machines and votes cast on electronic touch-screen machines would be recounted.

The Dispatch article continues, "A 2007 audit of Cuyahoga County's November 2006 election found a number of irregularities, including the loss of some ballots and others that were counted twice. Brunner praised that audit, which was ordered by the county board of elections, and suggested that other checks would be coming to ensure the accuracy of polling across Ohio."

Read more: http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Ohio_plans_recount_of_some_primary_0325.html

[postulater]

1. Well, Glory Be.

[Robbien]

2. Great news

Nice to have a real SoS in Ohio. Finally.

:thumbsup:

[flor de jasmim]

3. Is this related at all to the Republican cross-over votes, does anyone know? (n/t)

[Robbien]

6. According to an article in The Nation

The Cuyahoga Board of Elections recently voted to investigate the matter; a report is expected on March 31. Despite the massive crossover voting, however, prosecutions are considered unlikely. A spokesperson for Ohio's Attorney General told Alternet that it is "very hard to prosecute" crossover voting cases, since the crime depends on proving a voter's motive on Election Day.

http://www.thenation.com/blogs/campaignmatters?bid=45&pid=302317

[icymist]

4. What the hell ever happened to a recount of the 2004 election votes?

Oh yeah, a general election don't count when there's the opportunity to split the Democratic party on the national level.

[texpatriot2004]

5. Hmm. Interesting...from Ohio? Wow. Posted in LBN, cool. nt