Ohio Democratic Party Files Lawsuit

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Thursday November 18, 2004 · 6:40 AM PST

2004/11/18 · 06:40

In today's(11/18) Cleveland Plain Dealer there is an article stating that despite Kerry's concession the Democratic Party has filed a lawsuit asking a Bush appointed US district court judge, Michael H. Watson, to order Blackwell, the Secretary of State in Ohio to impose uniform standards for counting provisional votes on all 88 counties. The Dems want the judge to act quickly before the election results are certified.
This action may not change anything in this election but it's a most important action that could affect future elections.

We need to have unified voting machines as well. Blackwell chose to not spend the federal money Ohio received for such machines in the 2004 election. Blackwell is a Repug hack. Blackwell should be answering to the citizens of Ohio for that decision. Instead he chose to be an overt wacko for Bush. Kudos to the Ohio Democratic Party.

Provisional Ballot Count under way in Ohio

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Saturday November 13, 2004 · 9:08 AM PST

2004/11/13 · 09:08

Per the Plain Dealer the provisional ballots are now being counted and the last of the absentee and overseas ballots have been received. So far the paper states that about 2 thirds of the provisionals in cuyahoga county have been deems valid. There are about 25,000 of these ballots in cuyahoga county. The percentages in summit county are about 10% of the approx. 6000 votes are deemed invalid. Can't wait to see how the other 1100 counties or so are fairing.

I know some are saying we should just accept that we lost and move on. Well, if and when this is over I will. Until then I will keep trying to make sure that our democracy is functioning properly. That is not to much to ask. How can we say we want democracy in Iraq and discourage our own?
I am glad to see that we will, in the near future, have better knowledge about what truly happened on 11/2. It's worth the time and money to know that it all went as it should have.

Troubled in Ohio

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Wednesday November 03, 2004 · 6:00 PM PST

2004/11/03 · 18:00

I accept the fact that Mr. Kerry conceded the election to Mr. Bush. I accept the fact that we democrats lost big on tuesday. What I can't seem to shake is the feeling that something went terribly wrong in my home state, Ohio. All day long I have been trying to move past this thought. I have wanted to get info on how I could start a law suit against my state. The DNC in my city seems to have left town. I live in Cuyahoga county. One of the two large democrat counties in Ohio. Kerry received more than 450,000 votes here but I sincerely believe that there had to have been many more. We registered and sent absentee ballots to more than 150,000 new voters in Cuyahoga county over the last year. The numbers just don't add up. I would like to have the votes in cuyahoga county verified. We are still using the hanging chad voting machines. Is it too late to contact one of the many lawyers that were here yesterday?
If this is not an appropriate diary, I am sorry. It's my first time. Thanks.

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