Need help before I reply back to a reporter about what an evangelical

[roseBudd]

church that served as a polling location in '04 might be viewed with a jaundiced eye. This particular church is in the news because this church runs a foster child placement agency and a child they placed was killed. This story is hot and lots of ink is being spent on it.

This church had 1 EIRS report where they forced the complainant to vote provisional even though the voter called BoE and was told they were on the roll. Need examples of problem polling locations which were evangelical churches (perferably in OH)

049217 11/02/04, 5:40 PM PST Registration-related problem 85 Quick Road, New Carlyle, OH, New Carlyle , Clark County, Ohio Registered for months - confirmed with Clark County BOE prior to election. Wasn't in polling list. Called BOE from polling place and confirmed that she was registered. made her vote via provisional ballot for those who have just moved.

For instance in my county, Gods Bible College (lily white) in a predominantly black neighborhood had multiple EIRS complaints. Because I am familiar with the location and demographics of the surrounding community, I saw a red flag when I spotted GBC on the EIRS.

Gods Bible School was probably also a multiprecinct polling location. Would love to know how many provisionals, undervotes, overvotes, etc. to use as an example as this will be an example this reporter can relate to.

Wasn't Gahanna in Franklin a fundie church?

I don't want to let this opportunity pass because this is SW OH, the belly of the beast and this paper may just rise to Toledo Blade greatness someday.

[Joanne98]

1. I seem to remember something about 4000 votes that came

from a printer cartridge. I think that was Rod Parsley but I'm not sure.

[roseBudd]

3. BTW Johanne this is about what you and I spent 2 nights researching

Lifeway For Youth and Grace Fellowship Church in New Carlisle Ohio, Clarke County

[Joanne98]

4. I know. Here's a blog that seems to do this subject alot...

http://theoconia.blogspot.com/

[mod mom]

6. Great resource. Marley is on the Freepress.org Board and has written

extensively on the subject.

[roseBudd]

7. This faith-based organization is a 2 family business taking in 11 million

from the state and only spending 6 on foster care. Me thinks thay had a reason to want W to win the election.

[Joanne98]

2. Here's one

The right-wing New Life Church voting glitch is interesting. Free Press reporter Marley Greiner has been tracking Blackwell’s relationship with far right-wing religious forces like Biblical America and Christian dominionist groups that want to establish theocratic religious rule in America. Blackwell was campaigning around the state with the Reverend Rod Parsley as part of a “Silent No More” tour in support of amending the Ohio Constitution to outlaw gay marriage, on the ballot as Issue One. Many mainstream commentators claim it was the widely popular Issue One amendment campaign that brought out Bush voters in record numbers in rural Ohio. Gay marriage was already outlawed by state statute, and six of the seven Ohio Supreme Court justices are Republicans

http://www.freepress.org/columns/display/3/2004/983

[Joanne98]

5. This woman Marley Greiner knows a lot about them. E-mail her

Although the evidence is before our eyes, a Domionist, Reconstructionist, evangelical, wingnut or whatever you like to all it, stealth operation is underway in Ohio. It has many tentacles, political, religious, moral, and economic. The evidence is right in front of us. The Arlington Group with its deep incestuous relationships poured money into the state’s gay marriage amendment and will no doubt funnel money, and probably already has, into the gubernatorial campaign of fellow Arlingtonian Ken Blackwell. Rod Parsley and his Center for Moral Clarity has put on the whole armor of God with its various programs and patriot pastors. Parsley is ideally placed “in the heart of it all” to recruit soldiers into the streets, to change Ohio—to change the country. And if you doubt it listen to Allen Keyes: “If you will respond to this call that’s heard here in Ohio, there shall be a lifting of that plain, And it shall pass from person to person, heart to heart, from faithful spirit to faithful spirit until the light is a glow over all the horizon of Ohio, until the flame—the flame will capture hearts all over America. And it’s been said that what has begun in the spirit of God has spread to become the blessed future of America. ”

http://theoconia.blogspot.com/2006/07/my-evening-with-rod-parsley-silent-no.html
posted by Marley Greiner @ 6:07 PM 0 comments

[galloglas]

8. Have them watch

"Jesus Camp".

If they don'y get the idea, peeking under the sheets as it were, they will neevr get it.

[Kurovski]

9. Kick.(nt)