Harvey Wasserman-Will Blackwell find the ways to steal Ohio 2006 as he did in 2004?

[kpete]

October 26, 2006 at 06:57:01

Will Ken Blackwell find the ways to steal Ohio 2006 as he did in 2004?

by Harvey Wasserman

http://www.opednews.com


Will Ken Blackwell find the ways to steal Ohio 2006 as he did in 2004?
by Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman
October 26, 2006

The man who stole Ohio for George W. Bush in 2004 is now trying to steal it for himself in 2006. The question is: who will stop him, and will he also affect the balance of power in the U.S. Congress?

As election day approaches, Blackwell's dirty tricks sink ever deeper.

Blackwell is now using "push polls" made infamous by Karl Rove. True to form, child molestation charges are front and center. He has also escalated the mass disenfranchisement of Ohio voters, trashing the ballots of some ten percent of absentee voters. He has eliminated the state-wide ballot initiative meant to save workers rights and wages. He's even tried to strike the Democratic gubernatorial nominee from the ballot altogether. All of which could affect not only his race for governor, but key U.S. Senate and House races as well.

more at:
http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_harvey_w_061026_will_ken_blackwell_f.htm

[LiberalFighter]

1. I am getting sicke of these republican bastards

They don't deserve to be consider human.

[sam sarrha]

2. is a frogs but water tight...?? how else can they win..!!

[mod mom]

3. Will the Dems fight for Strickland and Brown is the big question.

Does anyone really think that Blackwell, who disenfranchised his own people for political gain in '04, and continues to push poll asking about a sex offender on staff at the Strickland campaign despite revelations that an employee of Blackwell repeated molested a 7 yo girl, will hesitate to save his own skin and that of his party this year? Just read this from the article:

But Democratic sources in the Ohio Board of Elections have confirmed to the Free Press that about 10% of the absentee ballots cast so far are being rejected because of a technicality involving obscure driver's license numbers demanded on the ballot. Ohio driver's licenses contain two separate numbers: an eleven-digit number above the photo, and a much smaller eight character license number that begins with two alpha-numeric characters, followed by six numbers. It is the eight-character license number the BOEs demand on the absentee ballot. But many Ohio voters don't know that, and are using the wrong number---and thus having their ballot invalidated. Absentee ballots cast in Ohio tend to be overwhelmingly Democratic.

This absentee vote purge echoes another Blackwell dirty trick: the 2004 trashing of thousands of provisional ballots on which voters had not included their birth date. There was no statutory requirement to include the birth date, and thousands of provisional voters (and election officials) were never informed of Blackwell's special requirement. But he thus eliminated large numbers of mostly Democratic provisional ballots, benefitting Bush---a service he is now repeating for his own benefit with the absentees.

NOTE; MANY IN THE OH DEM PARTY ARE URGING DEMS TO VOTE ABSENTEE THIS YEAR, SO THE EFFECTS WILL BE LARGER. HB 3 RAISED THE COST OF RECOUNTS TO MAKE IT UNAFFORABLE FOR THIRD PARTIES. THE BIG QUESTION WILL BE WILL THE DEMS FIGHT FOR THEIR OWN CANDIDATES.

[LiberalFighter]

4. What has the Democratic Party done about Blackwell?

Have they obtained the list of people that have been disenfranchised to determine if they are or should be eligible to vote?

What are they doing about the absentee ballots by mail requiring drivers license. The voter is supplying what they believe is their drivers license but it is a different number.

[jdadd]

5. I wondered about this one...

the absentee form I was given wanted one of these...

Your Ohio drivers license number_______________, or
the last four digits of your social security number______________,or
Copy of current and valid photo identification, a current utility bill,
bank statement, government check, paycheck or other government document
that shows your name and address.

My mother just gave them the last four digits of her social....she,s 91 and doesn't drive anymore...my question is...will this invalidate her ballot? :shrug:

[LiberalFighter]

9. Should call your local Democratic Party

and see if they can find out if their is or will be a problem

[Botany]

6. The Ohio Dem Party is not even answering it's phones

221-6536

[mod mom]

7. I had a call from Brown's office yesterday. I told them I was holding my

nose and voting for him as a vote against Dewin but NOT A CENT for him because 1. He failed to stand up with John Conyers and other Dems to fight for Ohio Dem vote to be counted after the '04 debacle and 2. He voted for the Military Commissions Act of '06 which allows torture and negates habeas corpus. I also said I hope he is held criminally responsible for that vote.

You can't call them but they sure as hell have no problem calling you.

[BillORightsMan]

8. Blackwell for Worst Person in the World

I just emailed Kieth Olbermann Wasserman's story (and the link to the Ohio Voter ID challenge at Prof. Dan Tokaji's blog)

I concluded my email with:

I hereby nominate J. Kenneth Blackwell for today's Worst Person in the World!

mailto:[e-mail]

LET'S DO IT!

:patriot: