Rep. Conyers will call on FBI to investigate ballot tampering charges

Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) will call on the Federal Bureau of Investigation tomorrow to investigate allegations of electoral tampering in Clermont County, Ohio, which RAW STORY revealed Wednesday. According to aides, Rep. Conyers has received a letter from the Justice Department in response to an earlier letter the congressman issued. The Department said they had found nothing significant to support claims that Triad Election Systems tampered with electronic voting machines in Hocking County, Ohio. In response, Conyers will issue a new letter Friday which thanks the Department for investigating earlier charges, and asks them to expand their inquiry to include an examination of charges that stickers were placed on ballots in Ohio. Conyers will also ask Justice to probe additional allegations, some of which have already been made public and others which RAW STORYhopes to detail soon. Congressman Conyers has been at the vanguard of investigations into voting irregularities in Ohio. J. Kenneth Blackwell, Ohio's Republican Secretary of State, has scoffed at Conyers investigation and refused to answer any questions on the matter, blasting Conyers motivations for the investigation as partisan. [more]

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