Election "Irregularities"

Democrats' lawyer asks Blackwell for investigation of TRIAD tampering
Kerry-Edwards '04, 12/15
Congressman implicated in vote fraud
Seminole Chronicle [Oviedo, FL], 12/16
Recount continues in Ohio as vote machine company makes odd "service calls"
Associated Press, 12/16
According to a sworn statement from Sherole Eaton, the county's deputy director of elections, a TRIAD representative told her on Friday he wanted to inspect the county's tabulating machine. She said the employee then told her that ''the battery in the computer was dead and that the stored information was gone."''He proceeded to take the computer apart and call his office to get information to input into our computer," Eaton said.
Recount observer not allowed to inspect machines
The Advocate [Newark, OH], 12/16
Mary Lewin, the recount observer for Libertarian Party candidate Michael Badnarik, wanted to inspect the voting machines as part of the recount, but her request was denied."They threatened to have me thrown out of the recount because I raised certain questions," Lewin said. "We felt we had a right to look at the machines. You can't look at the ballot in isolation of the ballot assembly."
Ohio Justice throws out election challenge
Associated Press, 12/16
Ohio election officials obstruct recount, say Greens
Press release, Green Party, 12/17
"Ohio election officials are violating both the spirit and the letter of the law governing the recount," said Cobb-LaMarche Media Director Blair Bobier.In two counties, Monroe and Fairfield, election officials have refused to do a full hand recount, as required under Ohio election law, when hand and machine tallies don't match. They instead have opted to get new machines to count the votes.In the vast majority of counties, election officials have pre-selected precincts to be sampled, rather than chosen them randomly, as required by law. In Cuyahoga County, the pre-selection of precincts eliminated those which reported the most problems on Election Day, thwarting the intent of the recount and raising serious concerns about the integrity of the process.
Kerry, Bush pick up votes in Ohio
Associated Press, 12/17
"Please, please, please, count all the votes"
The Plain Dealer [Cleveland], 12/17
Election challenge refiled by activists
Associated Press, 12/18
“Everyone felt better” after technician “repeated a repair”
Associated Press, 12/20
Election official “must have mis-heard” about patch installed on computer
Wired, 12/20
Votes ought to be counted
Editorial, The New York Times, 12/20
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