Reply #43: Ohio Recount People [View All]

[freeroo]

Yes I have gone to several meetings with three different groups of recount people. I was a recount witness myself.

They are split on whether to pursue any further investigation of the 2004 election, or whether to "move on" to election reform and other issues.

Many are suspicious of the DNC effort. I suggest being realistic but not negative. True, we should not put all our eggs in this one basket, but I'd pay $100 to meet the DNC team in person and show them and the DNC that many people are concerned about election fraud.

The DNC investigation does not look like it will include a ballot-level review of any precincts. It looks like it will deal with the statistics and reviewing the "party line" that the Dems have taken on the 2004 election. I doubt it will be a whitewash. They could have bought a whitewash much cheaper than half a million dollars.

The DNC faces a divided party on the 2004 issue. Conyers and his colleagues have committed to questioning the election, as have the many Dems whose eyes were opened by being election "challengers" and recount witnesses, and a lot of bloggers. On the other side, Kerry and the party officials, including Dem members of boards of elections, who are accused of being "complicit." If I were Dean, I would want the investigation to give me what I need to make sure that Dem pollworkers and Dem members of Boards of Elections know how to protect the interests of the party and democracy in the next election in Ohio, to get some dirt on the Ohio Repubs, and to get everyone unified to fight the Repubs on election reform.

Thanks.