Which states have the chair of reelection campaign running the election?

[Melissa G]

I believe Ohio, Minnesota and Nevada may have had this situation. Am I correct? Any other states?
Thanks in advance for your help!

[yourout]

1. Even one is to many.

No one with any sense of ethics can look at this and not see a conflict of interest.

[Melissa G]

3. True, but this is a research question from real life so I need

some real life facts from the brilliant folks who hang here in the forum!

[madmom]

2. you are correct with Ohio.

[Melissa G]

4. Thanks Madmom, Was pretty clear about Kenny B, it's the other two

states i was hazy about... Also if any other states were prone to this hard to imagine it can be legal ethical insanity..

[mod mom]

12. While this was true in the past w Blackwell, HB 3 prevents this in the

future, HOWEVER, What we have instead is the repuke candidate for Governor COUNTING HIS OWN VOTES BOTH IN THE PRIMARY AND MIDTERM. Wonder who is going to win?

[Melissa G]

19. HuMMM...Wondering....Hummm

:eyes: yeah,I'm thinking maybe that counting guy might have an edge... :eyes:What I'm wondering is when are folks going to make sure there are exit polls and safeguards to counter this craziness for the next election and take to the streets in protest if this turkey pulls his BS again!

[mod mom]

22. I don't understand why Petro, his repub opponent isn't complaining about

this point. Blackwell is in a full fledge attack against Petro, I don't understand also why Petro isn't pointing Blackwell's failures in his role as SOS in administering the election. He just has to use Blackwell's own Lucas County Investigation to show Blackwell did not preform his job. I also wonder why Blackwell is allowed to throw dirt about Petro's connections to corruption espeically coingate when Blackwell has direct ties to the Noes as well. I wish the Dems would pick up on this.

[Melissa G]

23. There is so much I wish the Dems would pick up on!n/t!

[TexasLawyer]

5. Florida and Ohio are the ones that are always cited

I don't know about other states, but I would assume that those would be trotted out to support election reform as with the Lautenberg bill:

February 15, 2005

Lautenberg Introduces Legislation to Prevent Partisan Activity By Election Officials

WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, United States Senator Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) introduced legislation to ensure that State officials in charge of supervising the certification of votes for federal elections are not also affiliated with the campaigns of those persons running for federal office. In the last two presidential elections, the Secretaries of State of Florida (Katherine Harris) and Ohio (Ken Blackwell) were not only in charge of certifying the votes of their respective states, but were also the Chairs of the Bush-Cheney 00' and 04' campaigns respectively. Senators John Kerry (D-MA), Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) are co-sponsors of Lautenberg's bill.

<snip>

http://lautenberg.senate.gov/~lautenberg/press/2003/01/2005215728.html

[Melissa G]

7. Hi Texas Lawyer, I'm trying to be consistent in the 04 election.

Was it still true of Florida in the 04 race? I was thinking not, but I could be wrong...
Thanks for your help!

[Patsy Stone]

30. Hi, Melissa

No, Glenda Hood wasn't state chairman for BushCo in 2004, but had ties to the family in other ways. It's an appointed postion in Florida. In 2000 she was a Bush elector.

The issue you're researching is a glaring example of conflict of interest that still sticks in my throat.

[Melissa G]

31. Thanks for the clarification, Patsy! Gags me in the throat also! n/t

[proud2BlibKansan]

6. Missouri

[Melissa G]

8. Thanks proud2Blib! Do you have a name to go with that state?

Very kind. Thanks for helping!

[proud2BlibKansan]

13. The current gov Matt Blunt

(yes, he is Roy Blunt's son) was the Sec of State who supervised the election in 2004 AND he was chair of the bush campaign in MO. He also won his election as gov in Nov 2004.

[Melissa G]

17. Thanks for the scoop proud2Blib! Sorry if that is your state though..

[proud2BlibKansan]

29. I live in Kansas but teach in Missouri

So I get to pay attention to TWO states. :woohoo:

[skids]

9. List of secretaries of states

Is here, for your googling pleasure:

http://www.nass.org/electioninfo/state_contacts.htm

(EDIT: the names listed are subordinates, the URLs linked to though will reveal the SoS names.)

[Melissa G]

15. You rock, skids! you swift fingered googling master....

[skids]

20. Suggestion... add to research forum threads.

Any connections found between the SoS office and party orgs might be good to add to the invidual election threads in the research forum. Though I wouldn't make a scene of it -- just annotate them in a matter-of-fact fashion. There's a thread for each state for 2006 elections already created there.

[Wilms]

10. In CA, the SoS will be running the election where he runs for the office.

But I don't think he's a campaign official either for state or national election.

He and Oregon's SoS recently signed a statement that they would run their office in a non-partisan manner.

Thanks like a cop promising to be honest.

I'm sure some are.

[EFerrari]

11. In Spring 2004, the SF Chron ran a story on the number of

states where this was happening -- it was nearly half.

Christ on a trailerhitch.

[FogerRox]

14. kickin eom

[Melissa G]

16. Wow sfexpat! That is amazing! I'll try to find the story. Please

send link if you have it handy. That is worth a thread in itself!
Thanks for the help!:hi:

[EFerrari]

21. I'll see if I can find it. My blood just ran cold when I read it. nt

[Melissa G]

18. There sure is a need for some ethical oversight in all these elections

Maybe we could get some universities to teach these guys ethics for elections 101. Common sense and /or checks and balances does not seem to enter into this!

[EFerrari]

24. This isn't what I'm looking for but may be useful:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/02/13/EDGSMAPBLM1.DTL&type=printable

[Melissa G]

25. Thanks sfexpat! Some good stats there.

[EFerrari]

26. Where IS that article? Has it been scrubbed

I know I didn't dream it. We, at that time, got the NYTs and the SFChron. And I remember doing a double take that it was in the Chron. It was a big story, on at least two pages. When I search for it, nada. :shrug:

[Melissa G]

27. Thanks for looking. I'll pass the info on to some folks who might

have better SF Chron connections who can find it. If I can get a copy i'll let you know.
Thanks for the reference! PM me with an approx date range if you have one.
Hugs,
mg

[EFerrari]

28. It was between April and September 2004, I'm pretty sure. n/t