MetaFilter posts tagged with fraud and 2004

In Violation of Federal Law, Ohio's 2004 Presidential Election Records Are Destroyed or Missing.

chunking express — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 07:00:10 -0800

In Violation of Federal Law, Ohio's 2004 Presidential Election Records Are Destroyed or Missing. "The extent of the destruction of records is consistent with the covering up of the fraud that we believe occurred in the presidential election."

... Karl Rove, a handful of the party's most tech-savvy computer gurus and the former Republican Ohio Secretary of State, created, owned and operated the vote-counting system...

amberglow — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 19:44:57 -0800

Network Hosting Attorney Scandal E-Mails Also Hosted Ohio's 2004 Election Results --...more than ample documentation to show that on Election Night 2004, Ohio's "official" Secretary of State website -- which gave the world the presidential election results -- was redirected from an Ohio government server to a group of servers that contain scores of Republican web sites, including the secret White House e-mail accounts that have emerged in the scandal surrounding Attorney General Alberto Gonzales's firing of eight federal prosecutors. ...

Democracy Inaction

EarBucket — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 12:54:02 -0800

Republicans prevented more than 350,000 voters in Ohio from casting ballots or having their votes counted -- enough to have put John Kerry in the White House.

Delivering the Vote, with Dividends

digaman — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 11:32:59 -0800

Whooops! While making a required filing to the state ethics commission, Ohio Secretary of State and gubernatorial candidate Kenneth Blackwell finds Diebold shares in his stock portfolio that he now claims to have bought "accidentally." Yes, that Diebold -- the e-voting company whose chairman promised to "deliver the vote" to George Bush. And yes, that Blackwell, whose state helped deliver the White House to the GOP. Blackwell insists that the humble amount of Diebold stock was in one of those "blind trust" type of arrangements that worked out so rewardingly for Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist. [newsfilter via RawStory.]

More on Republican fraud in Ohio:

blue shadows — Fri, 09 Sep 2005 01:25:49 -0800

None Dare Call It Fraud: Harpers article on the report Preserving Democracy: What Went Wrong in Ohio.

Congressional Hearing on Ohio Voting Irregularities

dinsdale — Wed, 08 Dec 2004 13:13:10 -0800

Preserving Democracy - What Went Wrong in Ohio Judiciary Democratic Forum - December 8, 2004. Congressman Conyers hosted a forum on the Ohio Voting Irregularities. Participant list and statements here. Covering such issues as the Warren County lockdown, the Franklin County "glitch", and much more. Wiliam Rivers Pitt provides a good on the scene report.

Block that Vote!

mwhybark — Tue, 02 Nov 2004 06:45:51 -0800

Ohio Poll Challengers ~~Blocked~~ Okayed. Keep track of all the other last-minute fraud here.

The Electoral Commission cites me as 'human'.

dash_slot- — Tue, 28 Sep 2004 07:26:09 -0800

The racist American Election Thousands of [Florida] felons could get to vote this November for one reason: They're Hispanic.