Ohio officials prepare to destroy paper ballots from 2004 election

[babylonsister]

http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/NYT_Ohio_officials_prepare_to_destroy_0829.html

Ohio officials will soon begin destroying the paper ballots from the 2004 presidential election despite objections from voter rights groups.

"Soon after the 2004 presidential election, questions emerged about how votes were tallied in Ohio, a battleground state that delivered the presidency to George W. Bush," Ian Urbina writes in a story slated for the New York Times.

"Now, following a routine procedure, state officials are preparing to destroy the paper ballots from the election," writes Urbina.

"Critics say the ballots should be preserved for more study," the article continues.

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[Bluzmann57]

1. Well of course

They have to destroy the evidence. All criminals should destroy evidence if they don't want to get caught.

[zbdent]

2. with the blessing of Ken "I didn't do it ... honestly ... swear to God"

Blackwell ...

[Kurovski]

3. K&R.(nt)

[texpatriot2004]

4. Save the ballots! Save the ballots! Don't allow the evidence to be

destroyed. Check this out:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x447421

[knitter4democracy]

5. Can't someone buy them? Ohio always needs money.

What if a thinktank or something like that bought them?

[hpot]

6. Sorry for my pessimistic post

Ohio does not charge for public records requests. Andy was the only one that bothered with independent ballot inspections there. That means the ballots have been sitting around all this time without other folks inspecting them.

Now the opportunity to examine possible evidence of election fraud is almost over.(assuming they didn't "correct" the "problems")

Why should I care about Ohio 2004?

:grr: