Blackwell Will Decide Election Chief's Fate

[OzarkDem]

CLEVELAND (AP) — The director of the embattled election board in Ohio's largest county narrowly survived an ouster move Friday as the appointed board split along party lines on how to respond to an outside report critical of the botched primary election.

Cuyahoga County's May 2 primary was marked by voting machine problems, poorly trained or absent poll workers, a precinct that opened hours late, missing vote memory cards and vote counting that stretched over six days.

The board split 2-2, with Republicans Robert Bennett and Sally Florkiewicz backing Director Michael Vu and Democrats Edward C. Coaxum Jr. and Loree Soggs against, in a vote following the release of a 395-page report on the "nightmare election" in Ohio's largest county.

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