BBV - Hamilton Cty OH. Nader on the ballot. KERRY removed. [View All]

[harmonyguy]

Kerry left off some absentee ballots
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Some absentee ballots distributed to Hamilton County voters do not include the name of Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, local election officials confirmed today.
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"The tragic thing is that even though I think we will have a very fair and accurate count here, this will cause people to question the accuracy of our operation."
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"It's unfortunate it happened," Williams said. "But I don't think there's any reason for people to worry about the accuracy of the election."

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Awwwwww, how very tragic, indeed!! Damn straight it'll cause people to question the accuracy. Since when is questioning goof-ups tragic?
What do they want to hear? Awww, you made a widdle boo-boo - it okay - you do better next time.?

What they SHOULD be saying is "We know we screwed up. We invite anyone who wants to inspect our processes to come on in, and ask us anything so that we can attempt to rebuild some of the confidence that the public had placed in us. We want you to examine everything so that you'll know that this was an isolated incident." (After the earlier ballot problem, we all know that won't happen.)

How about a three strikes rule for election officials?

http://www.cincypost.com/2004/10/18/absen101804.html