OHIO Cuyahoga Co. BOE Director ousted after criminal convictions [View All]

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1:30 pm EST February 6, 2007
CLEVELAND -- NewsChannel5 has confirmed that embattled elections chief in Cuyahoga County has resigned.

Executive director Michael Vu's ouster marks the end of a tense term that thrust Cuyahoga County and its voters in the national spotlight. Under Vu, the county weathered a botched primary election and convictions of two workers who mishandled the 2004 presidential recount.

Bob Bennett, chairman of the county Elections Board and head of the state Republican Party, said the board negotiated the departure with Vu. ....

Bennett would not say why the deal was being crafted or whose idea it was for Vu to leave.