AP: Third-Party Candidates Seek Ohio Recount

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Third-Party Candidates Seek Ohio Recount

http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/journalgazette/10248890.htm

TERRY KINNEY

Associated Press

Posted on Mon, Nov. 22, 2004

CINCINNATI - Two third-party presidential candidates filed a federal
lawsuit Monday to force a recount of Ohio ballots, and a spokesman for
the state Democratic Party said it intends to join the suit.

The lawsuit was filed Monday evening in U.S. District Court in Toledo,
according to Blair Bobier, a spokesman for Green Party candidate David
Cobb, who brought the suit along with Libertarian Michael Badnarik.
Court officials could not be reached for comment Monday night. The
case did not immediately show up on the court's Web site.

The third-party candidates have said they are not interested in
overturning President Bush's victory in the state. But they say they
are concerned about reports of voting irregularities and believe a
recount is necessary to ensure accuracy.

Dan Trevas, spokesman for the Ohio Democratic Party, said the party
would join the recount request after the secretary of state certified
the results, or sooner if an early recount is ordered by a court.

[Politicub]

1. If I read this right, the Dems will be joining in

:bounce:

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2. National Newswire

It should be in a lot of papers, across America...

[4democracy]

6. here is a press release from Ohio Dems saying Kerry/Edwards participating

in Ohio recounts, http://www.ohiodems.org/index

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3. If anyone knows, please explain ...

There is a lawsuit. There is also apparently a specific fee in some statute. So does the statute state that a lawsuit has to be filed in order to get a recount?

[sled]

4. I think

It's to force a recount earlier than Dec. 6, if possible...

[struggle4progress]

5. kick

:kick:

[Zan_of_Texas]

7. overview of litigation to date

Litigating the Election

By Marjorie Cohn
t r u t h o u t | Perspective
Monday 22 November 2004
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/112204A.shtml

Without much fanfare, a number of lawyers are busy mounting court challenges to the election. Lawsuits have been filed and other actions are being taken in Ohio and Florida, the two key electoral states. Members of Congress have demanded a General Accountability Office investigation of the election. The largest Freedom of Information Act request in the nation's history has been launched, and other efforts are in the works.

Is there substance to these challenges? On Thursday, the University of California's Berkeley Quantitative Methods Research Team released a statistical study - the sole method available to monitor the accuracy of e-voting - reporting irregularities associated with electronic voting machines may have awarded 130,000-260,000 or more excess votes to Bush in Florida. The three counties where the voting anomalies were most prevalent were also the most heavily Democratic: Broward, Palm Beach and Miami-Dade, respectively. The official tally in Florida shows Bush with 380,978 more votes than Kerry.

Recount, Lawsuits, Hearings in Ohio
Green Party candidate David Cobb and Libertarian Party candidate Michael Badnarik have sought a recount of the votes in Ohio. A demand for a recount can only be filed by a presidential candidate who was on the ballot or a certified write-in candidate. Alleged improprieties in Ohio include mis-marked and discarded ballots, problems with electronic voting machines, and the targeted disenfranchisement of African-American voters. Although a recount doesn't typically begin until after the vote has been certified (December 6), Cobb and Badnarik have asked for the recount to proceed forthwith for fear there won't be sufficient time to complete the recount in time for the December 13 date on which the Ohio presidential electors will meet.

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[Ima]

8. Thanks Zan

Good read.

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9. Breaking US News at the Guardian

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-4631935,00.html

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10. Are they done with the first count? n/t

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11. Amazing

that this is news in other parts of the world but the MSM in this country has to be dragged kicking and screaming to report it. They're more concerned with voting irregularities in the Ukraine.