11.16.2004
Greg Palast: Kerry Won Ohio (Scoop.co.nz)
Just count the ballots at the back of the bus.
By Greg Palast
In These Times
From: http://www.gregpalast.com/detail.cfm?artid=393&row=0
Friday 12 November 2004
Most voters in Ohio chose Kerry. Here's how the votes vanished.
This February, Ken Blackwell, Ohio's Secretary of State, told his State Senate President, "The possibility of a close election with punch cards as the state’s primary voting device invites a Florida-like calamity." Blackwell, co-chair of Bush-Cheney reelection campaign, wasn't warning his fellow Republican of disaster, but boasting of an opportunity to bring in Ohio for Team Bush no matter what the voters wanted. And most voters in Ohio wanted JFK, not GWB. But their choice won't count because their votes won't be counted.
The ballots that add up to a majority for John Kerry in Ohio -- and in New Mexico -- are locked up in two Republican hidey-holes: "spoiled" ballots and "provisional" ballots.
(More ... Scoop: Greg Palast: Kerry Won Ohio) ¶ 08:16
By Greg Palast
In These Times
From: http://www.gregpalast.com/detail.cfm?artid=393&row=0
Friday 12 November 2004
Most voters in Ohio chose Kerry. Here's how the votes vanished.
This February, Ken Blackwell, Ohio's Secretary of State, told his State Senate President, "The possibility of a close election with punch cards as the state’s primary voting device invites a Florida-like calamity." Blackwell, co-chair of Bush-Cheney reelection campaign, wasn't warning his fellow Republican of disaster, but boasting of an opportunity to bring in Ohio for Team Bush no matter what the voters wanted. And most voters in Ohio wanted JFK, not GWB. But their choice won't count because their votes won't be counted.
The ballots that add up to a majority for John Kerry in Ohio -- and in New Mexico -- are locked up in two Republican hidey-holes: "spoiled" ballots and "provisional" ballots.
(More ... Scoop: Greg Palast: Kerry Won Ohio) ¶ 08:16
