NYT Ed: Blaming the Messengers (lawyers facing sanctions in Ohio voting)

[BlueInRed]

http://nytimes.com/2005/02/03/opinion/03thu2.html

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Imposing sanctions on the four lawyers who contested the vote in Ohio would be likely to deter people from raising concerns about future elections.
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It is odd that Mr. Blackwell, of all people, is requesting sanctions. He made many bad decisions as Ohio's top elections official, including one to reject voter registrations filed on insufficiently thick paper, an order he later retracted. Mr. Blackwell and the officials responsible for the 10-hour lines have not been held accountable for putting unnecessary obstacles in the way of Ohio voters. It will be a poor reflection on our election system if the only ones punished are the lawyers who tried to point out these deficiencies.
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[EC]

1. we have to keep writing letters to the papers

and keeping it visiable for years....