What's this about lawsuits filed in Ohio?

[CatWoman]

Randi mentioned something about lawsuits being filed because Ohio did not undergo the recount.

I'm babbling here, I know.

but I caught the tail end of it.

[shoelace414]

1. the were supposed to ramdomly recount 3%

but they made sure those 3% they recounted matched the offical totals.

[CatWoman]

2. thanks

Randi is filling more in for me.

[emulatorloo]

4. Here - This DU thread has a link to the article in the Plain Dealer

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2554650&mesg_id=2554650


from article:

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Prosecutor says county fudged recount
Prosecutor says Cuyahoga skirted rules
Thursday, April 06, 2006
Joan Mazzolini
Plain Dealer Reporter
After the 2004 presidential election, Cuyahoga County election workers secretly skirted rules designed to make sure all votes were counted correctly, a special prosecutor charges.

While there is no evidence of vote fraud, the prosecutor said their efforts were aimed at avoiding an expensive - and very public - hand recount of all votes cast. Three top county elections officials have been indicted, and Erie County Prosecutor Kevin Baxter says more indictments are possible.

Michael Vu, executive director of the Cuyahoga County elections board, said workers followed procedures that had been in place for 23 years. He said board employees had no objection to doing an exhaustive hand count if needed, meaning they had no motive to break the law.

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[Beaverhausen]

3. she is talking about it now