[NV Greens] Ohio recount suit continues

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Cobb/LaMarche Green Party 2004
http://www.votecobb.org

NEWS RELEASE
For immediate release:  September 1, 2005

Contact: Blair Bobier, Media Director at
541.929.5755


OHIO RECOUNT LAWSUIT SET FOR TRIAL; ELECTION
WORKERS INDICTED


On Tuesday, August 30, a federal district judge
set a trial date for the Green Party’s Ohio
Recount lawsuit and indictments were handed down
against two Cuyahoga County elections officials
for their roles in the bungled election audit. 
The timing was coincidental; the two actions are
not related though they both stem from charges
that the recount was conducted in violation of
state and federal law.

Judge James Carr set the trial date for August
22, 2006.  The lawsuit was initiated by Green
Party presidential candidate David Cobb and his
Libertarian counterpart, Michael Badnarik.

The Ohio election and recount has been the
subject of a number of investigations and
reports.  A report by the U.S. House Judiciary
Committee’s Democratic staff states that “there
were massive and unprecedented voter
irregularities and anomalies in Ohio.  In many
cases these irregularities were caused by
intentional misconduct and illegal behavior, much
of it involving Secretary of State J. Kenneth
Blackwell, the co-chair of the Bush-Cheney
campaign in Ohio.”  The August issue of Harper’s
magazine featured an article by Mark Crispin
Miller on the Ohio election fraud and the lack of
“mainstream” media coverage devoted to it,
entitled “None Dare Call it Stolen.”

“The truth about the fraud, manipulation and
voter suppression in Ohio is slowly coming out. 
The price of freedom is eternal vigilance and we
will pursue this as long as necessary to protect
the integrity of our democratic process.  When
Republicans steal elections and Democrats roll
over and play dead, the public can rely on the
Green Party to protect the right to vote and the
right to have all votes counted,” said Blair
Bobier, spokesman for the party’s 2004
presidential campaign.          

Additional information about the recount and the
entire 102 page report by the House Judiciary
Committee’s Democratic staff can be found at
<http://www.votecobb.org>.   The website for the
national Green Party is <http://www.gp.org>.