Ohio Recount Resembles Florida in 2000

[tex-wyo-dem]

Ohio Recount Resembles Florida in 2000

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By JOHN NOLAN, Associated Press Writer

CINCINNATI - In a scene reminiscent of Florida circa 2000, two teams of Republican and Democratic election workers held punch-card ballots up to the light Wednesday and whispered back and forth as they tried to divine the voters' intent from a few hanging chads.

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According to a sworn statement from Sherole Eaton, the county's deputy director of elections, a TRIAD representative told her on Friday he wanted to inspect the county's tabulating machine. She said the employee then told her that "the battery in the computer was dead and that the stored information was gone."

"He proceeded to take the computer apart and call his office to get information to input into our computer," Eaton said.

Conyers said similar TRIAD visits have been reported in other Ohio counties.

Brett Rapp, president of TRIAD, told The New York Times that preparing machines for a re-count was standard procedure and said he welcomed any investigation.

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041215/ap_on_el_pr/ohio_recount&cid=694&ncid=1963&sid=96378798

[DoYouEverWonder]

1. How did he know the battery failed?

Computer batteries rarely fail. Oh, he just happened to have a new one in his pocket? Yeah, right.

[Supersedeas]

2. Too bad...the stored information is all gone...Go Triad Go

[DoYouEverWonder]

5. Triad?

were they in Pinellas County too? Holy cow, Batman!

[grasswire]

3. question

Why did she let him do it?

I would have refused, I think.

[liberal N proud]

4. Did you expect any thing different from these repukes?

It is just their style.
They did it once, twice and now they will continue to do it again and again. Until the people rise up and revolt against them.

[AirAmFan]

6. Except this time, where are the media? From FL 2000, burned into my brain

is the image of a big burly guy in a white shirt, forehead made huge by a hairline that has receded quite far. He's sitting at a table with his head rolled up and a punchcard about two inchies from his eye, looking at the ceiling light through the card so he can classigy a "chad". Remember that fragment of videotape? It was stock footage for YEARS, whenever a snippet of news about Florida came up in the debate over the "Carter Ford Commission" report of July 2001, and the "Help America Vote Act of 2002".

Question is, where are the images of the Ohio recount? This time, the whole world is NOT watching.

[leftchick]

7. The Difference to FL 2000: We Had A Candidate In The Process

not like now with our current candidate standing on the sidelines coyly thowing softballs at the judges! :grr:

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

8. What?

What kind of storage media loses its head if the battery dies? You mean this stuff never makes it out of RAM into someplace more, um... apropriate?

[rodeodance]

9. "as they tried to divine the voters' intent from a few hanging chads."....

not to grand of an image to portray!!!

[rodeodance]

10. current average rating is 3.30 with 578 vote(s).

[rodeodance]

11. "Observers for the presidential campaigns of John Kerry

......... (news - web sites), President Bush (news - web sites) and Green Party candidate David Cobb kept watch from chairs a few feet away.

The scene is being repeated statewide this week in a recount in the state that put Bush over the top in the election last month.

Officially, Bush beat Kerry by 119,000 votes in Ohio, but two third-party candidates collected the required $113,600 for a recount they claim will show serious irregularities. The Kerry campaign is supporting the recount, though it has acknowledged it will not change the outcome.

The recounts began this week. At least 35 of Ohio's 88 counties had completed their recounts or were starting Wednesday, according to a survey by The Associated Press. Some of the tallies will not be complete until next week. ......

[LiberalFighter]

12. They don't have batteries that last AT LEAST past any possible recount????

If it is that close the batteries could fail during the election.

Are all electronic voting machines able to operate on just a battery if an outlet is unavailable? Or do they only operate with electricity? If they have a battery... shouldn't they be able to recharge when plugged into an outlet?

[JMS825]

13. ok so the votes were lost

does this mean since the votes were lost they wont be counted in that county meaning not everyones votes count and that Bush and Kerry both lost the votes so the other 87 counties will decide the election?

[Griffy]

14. read and VOTE it up.. give it a 5 !! nt

[MeinaShaw]

15. Ohiorida

As I understand the electorial college system, once the electors vote, that is it. They are not really bound by anything, including the vote total. They could have as easily have voted for Kerry as for Bush. They only pledge to vote according to the popular vote outcome.

If a judge were to hand down a decision to correct the vote count, how can he force the electors to change their mind?

It is another case of an election stolen. Ohiorida

[DeepModem Mom]

16. Oh, man -- he took the computer apart and called office for input --

Is there NO safeguard whatsoever over our electoral process?