Election Staff Convicted in Recount Rig
 

Well it only took 3 years, but the truth is out.

ElectionWorkersTrial

"CLEVELAND — Two election workers were convicted Wednesday of rigging a recount of the 2004 presidential election to avoid a more thorough review in Ohio's most populous county.

Jacqueline Maiden, elections coordinator of the Cuyahoga County Elections Board, and ballot manager Kathleen Dreamer each were convicted of a felony count of negligent misconduct of an elections employee. They also were convicted of one misdemeanor count each of failure of elections employees to perform their duty.

Prosecutors accused Maiden and Dreamer of secretly reviewing preselected ballots before a public recount on Dec. 16, 2004. They worked behind closed doors for three days to pick ballots they knew would not cause discrepancies when checked by hand, prosecutors said.

Defense attorney Roger Synenberg has said the workers were following procedures as they understood them.

Ohio gave President Bush the electoral votes he needed to defeat Democratic Sen. John Kerry in the close election and hold on to the White House in 2004.

Special prosecutor Kevin Baxter did not claim the workers' actions affected the outcome of the election _ Kerry gained 17 votes and Bush lost six in the county's recount."

That's good. I saw the HBO documentary, and (if it's the same people) their actions were patently illegal.

This is great news to me. One bad part is "Maiden and Dreamer still work for the elections board. Their sentences will only be a max of six to 18 months. Thats way too slight a penalty, in my opinion.

Agreed.

Ohio gave President Bush the electoral votes he needed to defeat Democratic Sen. John Kerry in the close election and hold on to the White House in 2004.

Special prosecutor Kevin Baxter did not claim the workers' actions affected the outcome of the election _ Kerry gained 17 votes and Bush lost six in the county's recount.

WOW!

How can they still work for the Election Board when they can't vote?:eek2:

I am asking the same question?

A whole (a-hole) 23 vote turn - outta how many total :eyebrow: ??

Electoral votes = 538
BUT that 23 votes was in one of 3,140 counties. Do you really think that was the only crooked county? :rolleyes:

And the entire purpose of their crime was to prevent recounts in all of the other counties.

Isn't this where Flint pipes up something about Ohio courts hating freedom or something like that?

I lived in Ohio. They do.

(Okay, maybe they just suck.)

Were there recounts in other counties HM?

I don't know. But they certainly prevented the statewide hand recount.

i am ashamed to be from ohio,,,,,,,i now hope it falls into lake erie