Election lawsuit gathering steam in mainstream media

[Flint-oid]

While the outcome of the 2004 presidential election is all but in the history books, an interesting new chapter is being written right now in Ohio, the state that cemented George W. Bush’s electoral college victory.

A lawsuit filed there Monday challenges Bush’s victory in the state, alleging that a long list of irregularities, including intentional vote suppression in Democratic precincts and outright manipulation of vote totals in some locations, combined to steal the Ohio election and the presidency from Democratic candidate John Kerry. While Kerry isn’t behind the lawsuit, his campaign has become more vocal in recent weeks in pushing for answers about what actually happened in Ohio on Nov. 2. and is now funding some legal work there.

Questions about the vote in Ohio and elsewhere have been rampant on the Internet ever since Nov. 2, but the mainstream media has been slow to pick up on this developing story— until this week.

[Cha]

1. Tsk, Tsk!

"Democrats must share some of the blame. The party poured millions into Ohio in efforts to prevent voter disenfranchisement and yet they apparently paid little attention to the distribution of voting machines. Democrats, it seems, continue to overlook the fundamentals of the voting process. The Republicans don’t make that mistake— which is one reason they keep leaving the Democrats in the electoral dust."


To me that is incredible since there was sooo much talk about it on DU and the internet BEFORE the election!!

[EFerrari]

11. I know. And True Majority (Ben Cohen's group) had a great

"the computer ate my vote" campaign on just this topic.

Maybe it's becaue we don't think like criminals? That could be a handicap.

[DURHAM D]

12. I once worked for a political party at the state level. The

distribution of voting machines was a well kept secret until election day. The majority party on the election board got to decide where they went and how many they distributed on election day. Minority opinion was ignored and requests for informaiton were ignored. Likewise, purchase of equipment was entirely up to the majority party.

If this process has not changed it does not matter what the dems or Kerry people tried to do ahead of time. However, if they did not engage on these issues in the counties controlled by dems and they had any of these problem then they should be ashamed.

[berniew1]

13. Headline story on Tavis Smiley program tonight was vote fraud claim in Ohi

And Blackwell was on to refute it. He claimed that he could categorically say that there was no voter suppression against blacks in Ohio; that he wouldn't allow it since he is Afro-Amer.

Which is interesting since the widespread systematic voter suppression is documented and a matter of record.
www.northnet.org/minstrel/columbus.htm

[Old Mouse]

2. " — until this week."

Sounds gooood

[bmoney07]

3. is this the same one that was just dismissed by the suprem court of

Ohio, sorry I am beginning to loose track.

[knowbody0]

4. dismissed without prejudice

they will re file

[katinmn]

5. Hey, that's my hometown paper!

This is a good sign. Ely has a pop. of 5,000 and it's way up in NE MN, bordering Canada. Tower and Orr are even smaller. The word is getting out across the land.

[texpatriot2004]

6. That's great, glad to hear it's in your hometown.

[katinmn]

7. Thank YOU. n/t

[Blue_In_AK]

9. Home towns :-(

My home town is Clinton County, Ohio, and my mom and dad met in Xenia. Ouch.

[EMunster]

8. Google still hasn't heard....even with the Ohio supremes speaking...

...you still can't find the story on U.S. front page. You have to go look for it.

[mattclearing]

10. Main headline at Drudge.

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