Ohio Republicans Sued for Ballot Shredding

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Ohio Republicans Sued for Ballot Shredding
Submitted by davidswanson on Fri, 2008-07-11 17:18.


This is a big deal. In over 70 Ohio counties, the GOP-controlled election boards summarily
trashed countless ballots from 2004--in bald defiance of a federal court order. They did
so to destroy the evidence of that huge crime--i.e., BushCo's "re-election"--which
Richard Hayes Phillips so meticulously documents in his invaluable new book. (It's fortunate
for all of us that Richard took some 30,000 digital photographs of said ballots, although it
surely is because of his research that BushCo's henchmen vaporized the evidence itself.)

And so, needless to say, this lawsuit is important.

- Mark Crispin Miller

p.s. Richard's book is Witness to a Crime, available at http://www.witnesstoacrime.com

Election Officials May Face Criminal Charges

Columbus, Ohio, PRWEB, July 11 -- Eight members of the Ohio Election Justice Campaign filed papers on Thursday in United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio, asking Hon. Judge Algenon Marbley to begin criminal contempt proceedings for the destruction of ballots from the November 2004 election.

The Ohio Election Justice Campaign (OEJC) submitted over 1000 pages of supporting documents.

In the case before Judge Marbley, King Lincoln, et al. v. Brunner, et al., Civ. No. C2 06 745 (S.D. Ohio), the judge had issued specific orders directing Ohio's 88 county boards of election to preserve all ballots from the election until a decision was rendered in the case.

At least 56 county boards assert they have destroyed some ballots from 2004; seven counties assert they have destroyed all ballots.

This citizen-initiated action is pro se litigation in which the plaintiffs act as their own attorneys.

The papers in front of Judge Marbley also ask him to impanel a Special Grand Jury to investigate the destruction of ballots.

more...

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/34698

[rosesaylavee]

1. RECOMMENDED!!!

and a kick.

:kick:

[gateley]

2. K&R! --

[druidity33]

3. THIS IS A BIG DEAL!

my favorite line from this 'article':

"Mark Brown, a plaintiff in the suit and a candidate for public office in 2004, said, "Justice delayed is justice denied is injustice repeated.""

another juicy one:

"Plaintiff Tim Kettler, currently a Green Party candidate for Ohio Senate District 20, ran for Ohio Secretary of State in 2006. Kettler believes the only way to stop this type of criminal behavior and incompetence is through citizen action: "Whether we challenge these offenses in court or run for public office, we must replace those who would show such contempt for the law.""




a hearty K&R.

[kster]

4. Lets get the Demlione family, while we are at it

"The conduct of New Mexico's Governor and Secretary of State has
gone from bad to worse. They have gone from showing a complete disregard
for New Mexico law and for the integrity of the democratic process to
deliberately obstructing justice. Clearing the electronic voting machines
while a recount demand is pending will destroy critical evidence about what
happened on Election Day. This is outrageous and makes you wonder what they
are trying to hide," said Cobb

Snip..."New Mexico's Governor and Secretary of State are doing such a
poor job of following state law that they're starting to make Ohio's Kenneth
Blackwell look good by comparison," said Cobb-LaMarche Media Director Blair
Bobier.


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x283211

K&R

[Ellipsis]

5. I like the sound of the words "Grand Jury"

We'll see.

[bbgrunt]

6. it's about time....!!