On pg. 32 of the Final Judicial Report

[kitkat65]

And it is soooooooo good.

Kenneth Blackwell is so fucked. }(

[StephanieMarie]

1. Will he go to jail? I want them all in jail. n/t

[roseBudd]

2. Tell more...

[sepia_steel]

4. WHAT???

Is there finally somplace to read this now??? Please???

[impeachthescoundrel]

3. Sounds good already

but where is the report?

[garybeck]

5. here it is for ya

http://www.pdamerica.org/field/final%20status%20report.pdf

[Liberty Belle]

7. Blackwell defied a court order to implement HAVA.

He said he'd rather go to jail than comply with the law.

I hope he gets his wish!

[Rainbowreflect]

10. I hope he gets his wish as well.

[Pacifist Patriot]

12. I'm pretty sure I could live with that.

[SicTransit]

17. He said he would defy it - meantime he appealed it

and it was overturned on appeal. So - he doesn't have to defy it anymore.

[XNASA]

20. Hmmmm.......will he squeal?

[garybeck]

6. URL for report here

http://www.pdamerica.org/field/final%20status%20report.pdf

[mulethree]

9. also here - at judiciary democrats site

http://www.house.gov/judiciary_democrats/ohiostatusrept1505.pdf

[Sweet Pea]

8. Who is the author of this document? n/t

[garybeck]

13. Conyers and the House Minority Judiciary

It's basically a report on the hearings they had last month.

[Pacifist Patriot]

16. Officially: House Judiciary Committee Democratic Staff

[sabra]

11. Holy Shnikes! :-)

[kitkat65]

14. You can download a pdf from the www.pdamerica.org website

[Pacifist Patriot]

15. Here is the relevant snippet.

Instead of complying with this federal court order, Secretary Blackwell entirely disregarded the ruling and questioned the motives of the judge. He referred to Judge Carr as “a liberal judge . . . who wants to be co-secretary of state.”125 At a speech before the Loveland Area Chamber of Commerce in Clermont County, Secretary Blackwell compared himself to Mohandas Gandhi, Martin Luther King, and the apostle Paul on the grounds that he would rather go to jail - as they did - than issue an order he believed was illegal.126 He also claimed his office could not speak with Judge Carr about the case because the Judge was in Florida; Blackwell later admitted he did not mean the Judge actually was in Florida.127 Additionally, a journalist reported seeing Judge Carr in his chambers the day the ruling was issued.128 Secretary Blackwell appealed the judge’s decision to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, which overturned the lower court decision and authorized Mr. Blackwell’s more restrictive legal interpretation.

http://www.pdamerica.org/field/final%20status%20report.pdf

I am so disgusted that he would compare himself to Gandhi and MLK. Ugh!

[FreepFryer]

25. disgusted, because it's disgusting. And others who oppose the challenge...

...including a few in DU are doing the same thing - comparing themselves to Liberals - when they clearly know they are misrepresenting themselves.

[kitkat65]

18. A snippet:

"Many of Ohio’s county boards of elections also disagreed with Blackwell’s interpretation
of the law and with his motivations. Franklin County Board Chairman William Anthony
stated, “For him to come out with that decision so close to Election Day . . . I’m suspect of his motivations.” The Director of the Franklin County Board also disagreed with Blackwell and asserted that its precincts would have voters who insist they are in the correct precinct sign affidavits and submit provisional ballots. Cuyahoga County directed people to the right precincts but still accepted provisional ballots from anyone who insisted on voting. Cuyahoga County Board Chairman Bob Bennett, who also chairs the Ohio Republican Party, issued a statement saying the Board would not deny ballots to voters who wanted them:
The Cuyahoga County Board of Elections will not turn voters away. . . . We are
simply trying to avoid confrontation at the ballot box over the validity of each
ballot. Those decisions will be made by the board of elections according to state
law.

In response, Mr. Blackwell’s spokesperson threatened such election officials with removal from their positions."

Hmm. Maybe the stance of the BOE folks has been to give Blackwell enough rope. Just a theory, not my belief.

[mattclearing]

19. I read it. I don't see how he is fucked.

It doesn't say anything other than that he is an asshole. He flouted a judge's ruling and waited for it to be reversed on appeal, which it was.

[kitkat65]

21. It's not just this once instance, it's the whole report that is damning.

And as I said, that was only up to page 32 of 100 page.

[mattclearing]

22. I only read the part from p32-3, not the stuff preceding.

We all know Blackwell is an ass.

Let me know when you find the part that says:

"Blackwell flouted Ohio laws by locking down ballots and stalling the vote count making a challenge all but impossible, and facilitated the coverup of machine counting that didn't match the original total in order to avoid a manual recount."

"Since this is prima facie evidence of election fraud per Ohio's election laws, the Ohio Democratic Party is bring charges against Secretary Blackwell in conjuction with these allegations."

Until that happens, I'm not going to be impressed.

[bleever]

23. Alleges specific legal violations by Blackwell

on pages 67, 91, 96 and 97, among other places.

Oh, Katherine.

;(

[Karenca]

24. Blackwell is fucked

haha.
I hate him for all the crimes he's committed.
Also, Blackwell==Uncle Tom.