OH Election Official Pleads Guilty to 'Profiting from Contracts for Voting Machines'

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Source: BRAD BLOG

BREAKING: Franklin County, OH Election Official Pleads Guilty to 'Profiting from Contracts for Voting Machines'

Speaking of Ohio, and Franklin County, and their corrupt election officials (such as Matt Damshroder, all noted in today's earlier piece here:http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5508), and the ridiculous continuing notion that we should, for some reason, trust in election officials...and the dubious symbiotic relationship they have with private election vendors...This just in from the Ohio Ethics Commission...

FORMER BOARD OF ELECTIONS DEPUTY DIRECTOR PLEADS GUILTY

Former Franklin County Board of Elections (Board) Deputy Director Michael Hackett plead guilty today to three Ethics charges in Franklin County Municipal Court from profiting from Board of Elections’ contracts for voting machines. Judge Ann Taylor sentenced Hackett to 180 days in jail on the three criminal offenses. Judge Taylor suspended the jail time, placing Hackett on a year’s probation, and under conditions that he perform 45 hours of community service, make $2500 restitution to Franklin County on behalf of the Board, and pay a total of $750 in fines, plus court costs. Hackett told the court that he was “very sorry” for his misconduct.

The complete press release follows in full here:
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5511


Read more: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5511

[babylonsister]

1. Some punishment; that's depressing. nt

[dipsydoodle]

2. Hopefully his 45 hours of community service

will be spent in Iraq.

[peacetalksforall]

3. White collar crime, especially by a Republican, is an insult to citizens in

all of the U.S.

[Pastiche423]

4. Does anyone know anything about Judge Ann Taylor?

[Faygo Kid]

5. I'm shocked. Shocked. Round up the usual suspects.

[pleah]

6. That's it!!!? That's all he gets for fucking the American people? Some sentence!

[flashl]

7. sorry?

[Kurovski]

8. K&R. (nt)

[whatdoyouthink]

9. Steal a loaf of bread

and you will do at least a yr

Crime pays (FOR SOME)

[robinlynne]

10. umm. That was a felony. community service? are you series?

[rockybelt]

11. Bad timing or what? nt

[aquart]

12. He should get ten years hard time.

[Ellipsis]

13. Hmmm...

wonder if he cooperated to catch a bigger fish.

[Heywood J]

14. He should be doing that year in medium security,

and if he's a good boy after that year, he can be let out to spear trash on the side of the highway for six hours a day in an orange vest with "INMATE" on the back.