Rally demands speedy Ohio recount Blackwell urged to certify official vote

[LiberalAndProud]

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041205/NEWS08/412050436/-1/NEWS

By JAMES DREW
BLADE COLUMBUS BUREAU CHIEF


COLUMBUS - An attorney representing the Green and Libertarian parties urged Ohio's chief elections officer yesterday to allow a recount to be finished before the electoral college meets Dec. 13.
"Those people have not been chosen until the recount process has been completed," said John Bonifaz, founder and general counsel of the National Voting Rights Institute in Boston.

Mr. Bonifaz charged that Republican Secretary of State Ken Blackwell, associate chairman of President Bush's re-election campaign in Ohio, has "actively engaged in thwarting the recount law" by delaying certification of the official statewide results until tomorrow.

[DoYouEverWonder]

1. This could get interesting

Depending on what Blackwell does to help or hinder a recount, could set off a constitutional crisis. I think this is the moment the Kerry lawyers have been waiting for.

[acmavm]

2. Yeah, really. Blackwell got tooooo damn big for his britches and now

he's caught in a trap of his own making. I can't wait to read the next installment of 'The Excuses of Ken Blackwell and Why He Won't Certify the Vote'.

[schultzee]

3. Blackwell is Ohio's Kathryn Harris,,,dirty stinking little pig thief

[pa28]

4. If he has full confidence in the results . . .

why is he trying to subvert the re-count. An honest tally would certainly make no difference in the final result.

[EFerrari]

5. Right, why not just show how bad his boss beat us?

Looks like he's hanging himself. This man will never be governor of Ohio. What a shame.