"Ohio: A Crime Against Democracy "

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Ohio: A Crime Against Democracy

by Stuart Comstock-Gay, TomPaine.com Exclusive

The director of the National Voting Rights Institute on why the recount of Ohio votes should matter to every American.

http://www.tompaine.com/articles/ohio_a_crime_against_democracy.php

Electoral votes have been submitted by all states and the national news media has moved on, but a test of U.S. voting rights continues in Ohio. After the Ohio delegation to the Electoral College cast its votes for President Bush last week, election officials in Ohio counties began the recount of votes cast in the election. Concerns about the integrity of the 2004 election continue to surface. Something's wrong with this picture.

We at the National Voting Rights Institute—on behalf of Green Party Candidate David Cobb and Libertarian Party candidate Michael Badnarik—are providing legal representation in the recount effort. We also want to find out what went wrong. Because clearly things went wrong. And whether in the end they are serious enough to change the outcome of the election, they create a cloud over the elections of 2004.

Too many commentators continue to claim the recount effort is the result of bad losers. Some have even gone so far as to say that if the Republicans lost, there would be no recount—that Republicans “play fair.” In fact, concern about "fairness" is in part what is driving the recount. These commentators overlook the fact that this effort is not only about verifying the outcome of the vote. More importantly, it’s about ensuring accountability of a highly fallible elections process.

As long as any votes are miscounted, misplaced or misdirected, our elections cannot be said to be properly working. And with an electoral system that provides no consistency in how votes are counted—and some election officials hostile to a full accounting— there remains work to be done to restore voters' faith in the system.

What Went Wrong On Nov. 2
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1. Kick

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2. " if the Republicans lost, there would be no recount"

now who in the hell would believe that? :grr:

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3. Freepers, faux news, novak, rush....

or their listeners, really...

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4. Vely, vely nice...

Especially THIS part: "What’s Going Wrong With The Recount"

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