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stepnw1f Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-16-05 02:09 PM
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Way to go, Ohio
Edited on Sat Jul-16-05 02:27 PM by stepnw1f
Way to go, Ohio
As a new report details massive Election Day failures, the state goes on vacation and the country ignores the lesson
BY DAVID S. BERNSTEIN

What part of "gross administrative failure" do Ohio legislators not understand? A 204-page report detailing November’s election debacle in the Buckeye State was released last month by the Voting Rights Institute of the Democratic National Committee. The report is scathing, citing evidence of voter suppression; negligent and incompetent election officials; mistakes with registration status, polling locations, and absentee and provisional ballots; unlawful identification requirements; long lines; and uncounted votes. And these problems disproportionately disenfranchised younger voters and minorities.

But as the report was being distributed, the Ohio General Assembly went home for the summer without acting on House Bill 3, the election-reform bill resulting from six months of work by legislators and activists.

And the rest of the country? In the New York Times and Washington Post, articles about the DNC’s scathing exposé of a malfunctioning democracy were buried deep within each paper. Most other media ignored the report completely.

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http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/news_features/other_stories/documents/04823487.asp
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blue sky at night Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-16-05 02:23 PM
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1. link is not working......
I need a copy of that report. My Freeper Relatives all pOOh pOOh the alegations that the election was stolen again.
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stepnw1f Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-16-05 02:28 PM
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2. Link Fixed (nt)
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wli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-16-05 02:52 PM
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3. whitewash whitewash whitewash
It was deliberate, and deserves prosecution of those responsible.
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FtWayneBlue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-16-05 05:54 PM
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4. You can get the story in book form -
What went wrong in Ohio -

from Congressman Conyers' web site.
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