Thursday, December 16, 2004
Zealous Prosecution
Smoking Gun of Election Fraud is in Ken Blackwell’s Hand, says Anthony Wade of OpEdNews:
Read the whole enchilada here: www.OpEdNews.com
Glad to see the zealous prosecution here. Where’s Ohio’s Ken Starr? Oh, well. At least the media is all over this, so I'm sure justice will be done and Blackwell will be held accountable. Oh, wait…
On Friday, Ken "GOP Whore" Blackwell decided to stop the legal recount being conducted in Greene County Ohio, in mid-count. When the volunteers asked under what authority they were being stopped they were told that Ken Blackwell had determined that “all voter records for the state of Ohio were “locked-down,” and now they are not considered public records.” For those who may have been unaware due to the media lockdown, Ken Blackwell is not only the Ohio Secretary of State, but he was also the State Chair of the Bush reelection campaign.
Conflict of interest anyone? Katherine Harris redux anyone?
Now, here is the kicker. Blackwell not only did not have the authority to take this action, he is actually in violation of the law. Ohio Revised Code Title XXXV Elections, Sec. 3503.26 that requires all election records to be made available for public inspection and copying. ORC Sec. 3599.161 makes it a crime for any employee of the Board of Elections to knowingly prevent or prohibit any person from inspecting the public records filed in the office of the Board of Elections. Lastly, ORC Sec. 3599.42 states: “A violation of any provision of Title XXXV (35) of the Revised Code constitutes a prima facie case of election fraud within the purview of such Title.”
Read the whole enchilada here: www.OpEdNews.com
Glad to see the zealous prosecution here. Where’s Ohio’s Ken Starr? Oh, well. At least the media is all over this, so I'm sure justice will be done and Blackwell will be held accountable. Oh, wait…