Ohio voting machines now officially a crime scene. 2006 AND 2004 under scrutiny.

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At least 15 touch-screen voting machines that produced improbable numbers in Ohio's 2006 statewide election are now under double-lock in an official crime scene. And the phony "Homeland Security Alert" used by Republicans to build up George W. Bush's 2004 vote count in a key southwestern Ohio county has come under new scrutiny.

The touch-screen machines were locked up after Ohio's new Democratic Secretary of State, Jennifer Brunner, tried to vote last fall. On November 6, she spotted a gray bar with the words "candidate withdrawn" in a slot where the name of Democrat Jay Perez should have appeared. Her husband, voting nearby, told her Perez's name did appear, as it was supposed to, on his machine.
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http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2008/3054


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Matt Damschroder was removed as Franklin County Board of Elections Director on the Sunday prior to Ohio's 2008 primary election. Damschroder was previously suspended for a month without pay for accepting a $10,000 check from a voting machine salesman at the BOE building. The check, made out to the Republican Party, was delivered on the day the state's contracts for electronic voting machines were open for bidding. Damschroder was former chair of the Franklin County Republican Party and the state's leading foe of paper ballots. "Damschroder was very opposed to paper ballots and was stoking the fire against them," Brunner told WVKO.

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Meanwhile, the Cincinnati Enquirer has reported that a "casual conversation" between a "friendly" FBI agent and the county emergency services director in a parking lot may have contributed to the phony Homeland Security alert that prompted the Warren County BOE to lockdown the vote count in the 2004 election. The BOE declared the emergency and then moved the ballots from the publicly designated vote center to a nearby unauthorized warehouse. They also barred the public and media from witnessing the counting. Warren County, which is outside Cincinnati, then gave Bush 72% of the official vote count, far exceeding expectations. With neighboring Butler and Clermont Counties, Warren gave Bush a margin of 140,000 votes, which exceeded the 119,000 margin by which he allegedly won the election.
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[wisteria]

1. I really hope this story gains legs and people care about how questionable the voting results were

in Ohio, in 2004 and 2006.
Thanks for posting.

[Democrafty]

6. Some interesting info from TBA:

Prosense and I attended a panel discussion with Rep. Conyers and others. Hearings on Ohio voting irregularities will be held in the House Judiciary Committee in April. Blackwell is scheduled to testify.

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9. Good to hear. Give Pro a hug for me.

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[MBS]

2. PLEASE may this story get serious national coverage and discussion

Thanks for posting this.

[ray of light]

3. I worry that JK will get blamed once more for not contesting and that

this story only gives THAT concention more legs.

[wisteria]

4. I know it has been brought up, but it can be argued that Sen. Kerry had no proof

that would hold up in court back in November 2004. He did what he had to do to.

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5. There was still a legal evidence hurdle AND the backing of the party hurdle - he had neither.

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[fedupinBushcountry]

8. You have to remember

in '04 he was fighting a Republican run Ohio. I am glad that this new Dem Lt. Gov. is looking into all the discrepancies that transpired in '04. This could not have happened before that Jan. date in '05, without solid proof which is trickling out long after it was needed.

[ginnyinWI]

7. I would so like to see the truth come out on this.

JK deserves to have his campaign vindicated. And we need this fixed going forward.