Ohio Democrats sue to add election-day observers

[Algorem]

http://www.cleveland.com/newsflash/cleveland/index.ssf?/base/politics-1/1162607056255260.xml&storylist=cleveland

11/3/2006, 10:22 p.m. ET
The Associated Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Democratic Party on Friday asked a judge to force Secretary of State Ken Blackwell — the Republican candidate for governor — to allow the party to add up to 300 observers to witness Tuesday's election.

The Democrats recruited 150 to 200 observers by an Oct. 27 deadline, with the understanding that, under Ohio law, the application could be amended and more names could be added later, said Mark Griffin, a lawyer representing the party.

However, Blackwell's office on Wednesday issued an advisory to Ohio's 88 county boards of elections saying they could not add any names submitted after Oct. 27, although the observers who filed for the original appointments could be substituted.

Ohio law states: "Notification shall take place not less than 11 days before the election on forms prescribed by the secretary of state and may be amended by filing an amendment with the board of elections at any time until 4 p.m. of the day before the election."...



Blackwell tells rally he can beat the odds

http://www.cleveland.com/newsflash/cleveland/index.ssf?/base/politics-1/1162602843123400.xml&storylist=cleveland

11/3/2006, 8:08 p.m. ET
By DAN SEWELL
The Associated Press

CINCINNATI (AP) — Ken Blackwell told a throng of supporters Friday that they can help him win by campaigning "neighbor-to-neighbor, family member-to-family member, and church member-to-church member."

The Republican gubernatorial nominee, running substantially behind Democrat Ted Strickland in recent polls, said he's won elections before after trailing in polls.

"Elections are about one-day sales," he said at his campaign office in the College Hill neighborhood. "They are about getting out our vote on election day."

Joined by wife Rosa and other family members and friends at the rally, Blackwell talked about his long career, including stints as mayor of Cincinnati and as an undersecretary at the Department of Housing and Urban Development in the George H.W. Bush administration. Now secretary of state, he is trying to become Ohio's first black governor...

[Cooley Hurd]

1. The architects of the stolen 2000 and 2004 elections are going DOWN!

:bounce::party::bounce:

[maseman]

2. Getting out the vote?

Yeah Blackwell, getting out the Repuke vote while holding down the Dem vote. Does anyone buy this shit in Ohio?

[badgervan]

3. Cheaters Should Not Be Rewarded

So Kennyboy says that "I've won elections before after being down in the polls". I'll bet he has.

[Gman]

4. You can beat the odds

when the dice are loaded.

[demo dutch]

5. Amazing to me that they have to "sue" .... Only in America!