More People Caught in Election Fraud ....East St. Louis -- posted in LBN

sides (which should be taken care of accordingly, election fraud should not be tolerated At All) -- I find it odd that Dems get in trouble (such as the Florida Mayor (see below)), though all the weird "computer glitches" and voting anomalies went to * .... yet nothing "happened" (per Ohio's assessment this week). There's a disconnect for me...


Orlando Mayor indicted and suspended in election case
Special election will be held to replace him

By Mark Schlueb
Sentinel Staff Writer
Posted March 11 2005, 4:40 PM EST

In a day of swift and stunning developments triggered by four grand jury indictments, Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer was charged with violating state absentee ballot law during last year's mayor's race and quickly removed from office.

Dyer; his campaign manager Patti Sharp, accused ballot broker Ezzie Thomas and Circuit Judge Alan Apte braved a phalanx of news reporters at the jail this morning as they entered a booking area to be fingerprinted and processed.

More: http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/florida/orl-asec-dyerstory031105,0,7150.story?coll=sfla-news-florida

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Ohio

Ohio Official Says Election Went Smoothly
By JOHN McCARTHY, Associated Press Writer

Monday, March 21, 2005

(03-21) 18:12 PST Columbus, Ohio (AP) --

The state's election chief told lawmakers at a sometimes-testy congressional hearing Monday that Ohio's presidential election went as smoothly as possible, given the resources available and some last-minute interpretations by state and federal courts.

Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell testified before members of the U.S. House Administration Committee during a special hearing at the Ohio Statehouse. Members of the committee peppered Blackwell with questions about provisional ballots, long voting lines and other issues in the election that gave President Bush the 20 electoral votes he needed to capture re-election.

His appearance came more than a month after he failed to appear before the committee at a hearing in Washington.


U.S. Rep. Bob Ney, an Ohio Republican and the committee's chairman, took Blackwell's absence as a snub, especially since Blackwell was in Washington the same day to lead a meeting of the nonpartisan Campaign Finance Institute.

More: http://statenews.org/story_page.cfm?ID=8215&year=2005&month=3

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Secretary of State clashes with Congresspeople at hearing on Ohio's 2004 vote.
By Karen Kasler - March 21, 2005


A Congressional committee headed by Ohio Rep. Bob Ney (R-St. Clairsville) is investigating the 2004 presidential election. The committee held a hearing at the Statehouse Monday, and sparks flew when the state’s chief elections official took a seat before the panel. Ohio Public Radio’s Karen Kasler reports.
Hear at: http://statenews.org/story_page.cfm?ID=8215&year=2005&month=3

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