Ohio recount volunteers allege electoral tampering, legal violations and possible fraud
Saturday, January 29, 2005 at 06:15AM
TheSpook
Serious
new election tampering allegations have emerged from an Ohio county,
where witnesses allege that stickers were placed on presidential
election ballots, according to RAW STORY. Several volunteer workers in
the Ohio recount in Clermont County, Ohio have prepared affidavits
alleging serious tampering, violations of state and federal law, and
possible fraud. They name the Republican chief of
Clermont's Board of
Elections and the head of the Clermont Democratic Party Priscilla ODonnell as complicit in these acts. These
volunteers, observing the
recount on behalf of the Greens, Libertarians and Democrats, assert
that during the Dec. 14, 2004 hand recount they noticed stickers
covering the Kerry/Edwards oval, whereas the Bush/Cheney oval seemed to
be colored in.All of
the witnesses also allege that the hand recount
was not random as required by law. The decision, they said, was made by
Bare, who explained it in the presence of Democrat
O'Donnell.
Tater
stated the smallest thirteen precincts were
chosen, and one of the
larger precincts was added to reach the three percent for the hand
count. The volunteers objected to the apparent
non-randomness of the
recount, but Bare reportedly insisted on the procedure. [more]
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