Mansfield News: Alleged Voting Problems Wouldn't Change Ohio Outcome

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Alleged Voting Problems Wouldn't Change Ohio Outcome


EDITORIAL

The Issue:

The national Democratic Party will spend up to $500,000 to investigate voting problems alleged by critics last year in the battleground state of Ohio, the party's leader said.

Our Opinion:

That money would be better spent on voter education and turnout.

We think local Democrats would want their national party to spend half a million dollars more wisely.

The national Democratic Party will spend up to $500,000 to investigate voting problems alleged by critics last year in the battleground state of Ohio, the party's leader said.

"I want them to open up the machines," outgoing Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe told Gannett News Service reporters. "If there's nothing wrong with the machines, we ought to be able to go in and take a look at them."

Since November's presidential election, a small but vocal chorus of liberal activists has complained the vote in Ohio was miscounted -- either through conspiracy or errors -- and the wrong man elected president. Had Ohio's 20 electoral votes gone to Sen. John Kerry, he would be president today.

We think the DNC should put that money to better use with voter education programs or toward finding a viable candidate to oppose the Republicans in 2008.
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http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/news/stories/20050205/opinion/1956607.html

My letter to the editor:

If there is nothing to hide and an investigation of the machines wouldn't change the outcome, than why are the Secretary of State and partisan judges so resistant to an investigation? And, why is your editorial so dismissive of the information already documented.

You offer no evidence to support your claim that the Democratic Party would be wasting the $500,000 to investigate the irregularities identified in the investigations conducted so far. The Conyers Report offers plenty of evidence. I suggest that you read it before advising democrats about how to most wisely spend our funds. As a democrat, I support the investigation of this crime against democracy.

As we witnessed last week in the Gonzalez confirmation debate, democrats are not always on the side of the people who they are elected to represent. All the more reason to be certain that all votes are counted, regardless of which party wins.

[The Backlash Cometh]

1. Voter education and turnout? What good is spending the money

there if the system is corrupt?

[OzarkDem]

2. Ohio Medias Latest Meme

"Investigating all the election fraud in Ohio won't change the outcome". Who said anything about changing the outcome, we just want to punish the criminals.

According to that logic, if I run a stop sign and get a ticket, I shouldn't have to pay the fine if no accident was involved.

There's more than sufficient evidence to warrant investigation into a lengthy list illegal activity related to the election. And don't forget Blackwell's own financial mismanagement of HAVA funds.

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