Greene Co. BOE chairman - the GOP controls the county, so what can we do?

[consciousobjector]

Ohio SOS Blackwell keeps saying that election fraud can't happen and that the recount was fairly administered because the BOEs are "bipartisan", but this article by Doug Page, from yesterday's Dayton Daily News shows just the attitudes that make that argument a ridiculous one:

http://www.daytondailynews.com/community/content/localnews/neighbors/greene/0210douggreene.html

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Thank goodness for the Greene County Board of Elections.

When the son-in-law of a board member was appointed director of the elections office, it slid under the radar until late in the week. Thus, I get to lead off.

My suggestion to the four members of the board — two Republicans and two Democrats — to avoid all appearances of impropriety: resign before a family member attempts to get on the payroll. Republican Grace Ramos resigned Tuesday, three weeks after her son-in-law was hired by the board. She says she did not take part in the interviewing or hiring of her son-in-law. She did that, she says, to avoid any appearance of impropriety. <


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Fred Hall, a Democrat and the board's chairman, happened to mention that the board was set to hire Ramos' daughter in early January, until the daughter turned down the offer.

We are absolutely positive, 100 percent sure Ramos never talked to her colleagues about her daughter, either. Politics is too ethical a profession for that. Besides, the board's two Democrats haven't complained.

Hall — in one of the better hand-washing scenes — dismissed it as the Republicans' decision. To paraphrase his argument, the GOP controls the county, so what can we do?


BTW - Fred Hall is also the chairman of the Greene Co Democratic Party! (and he's sold on Touchscreen voting too...)

[Yellow Horse]

1. A lot of these Ohio BOEs are sweet little old-timers who...

go along to get along. Especially in the smaller counties. Being on the BOE is kind of like being on a club or something to them. They all get together for a BOE meeting and coffee once a month.

One of the one BOE Directors I worked with on the Recount nearly had a heart attack when she was called by the (gasp!) ASSOCIATED PRESS for a statement. Very sweet lady but certainly not one to stand up to the Blackwell or anybody else from the Evil Empire.

Since Blackwell is in charge now and does the appointing, the Dems on these BOEs are mostly DINOs but there are a couple of RINOs around on the other side too, probably left over appointee from some Dem SOS in the past. Or if not RINOs, just very old-fashioned GOPs who has NO IDEA what their party has become lately!

[consciousobjector]

2. Yes, a lot of little old ladies

who have worked on the board for decades. They become a family of sorts and tend to be more loyal to each other than to the duty they have to the voters. That's why the argument that there are checks and balances in the vote counting is such a joke...

And Fred Hall is not all that old, he has really disappointed me. He was incredibly obstructive during the recount, denying access to records, etc.

[roseBudd]

3. And these old timers are computer illiterate...

Computers count the votes so no one can see
They claim Bush won I say prove it to me