Two Elections Officials in Ohio Indicted in Recount on Tuesday!

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http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1125480834285430.xml&coll=2

2 elections officials indicted in recount
Wednesday, August 31, 2005

Mark Naymik
Plain Dealer Politics Writer

Two Cuyahoga County elections officials were indicted Tuesday on charges of not handling ballots correctly during the recount of the 2004 presidential election.

Kathleen Dreamer, manager of the board's ballot department, and the assistant manager, Rosie Grier, were each charged with six counts of failing to follow Ohio laws that spell out how ballots are selected and reviewed during a recount.

The most serious charges carry a maximum of 18 months in prison.

Erie County Prosecutor Kevin J. Baxter conducted the investigation at the behest of Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason, who recused himself from the case because his office represents the elections board.

The charges stem from a complaint first raised last December by Toledo lawyer Richard Kerger, who watched over the recount on behalf of two third-party candidates.

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1. Yeah, but it doesn't affect the count, Oh no. Kerry conceded

and then you wonder what these folks were hiding that they didn't do the recount according to law? Of course you are never going to hear about this on corporate media.

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2. Why are they investigating a heavily Democratic party Kerry won with 67?

Are they investigating any Republican counties?

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3. Make that heavily Democratic "county."