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Congressman Conyers Says Ohio Election Official has Obstructed and Stonewalled, and Wonders "What it is they are trying to hide".
PRESS RELEASE
CONGRESSMAN JOHN CONYERS, JR.
FOURTEENTH DISTRICT, MICHIGAN
RANKING MEMBER, COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
DEAN, CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
December 12, 2004
CONTACT:
Dena Graziano (202) 226-6888
Conyers Alarmed at Efforts to Obstruct Ohio Recount Effort, Calls Witness to Monday Hearing to Detail Such Efforts
Yesterday, it came to the attention of the House Judiciary Committee Democratic Staff that efforts to audit poll records in Greene County, Ohio are being obstructed by County Election officials and/or Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell. According to Joan Quinn and Eve Robertson, two election observers researching voting records, Greene County officials initially gave Quinn and Robertson access to poll records, and then abruptly withdrew such access. Greene County Director of Elections Carole Garman claimed that she had withdrawn access to the voting records at the direction of Secretary Blackwell. Regardless of who ordered the denial of this access, such an action appears to violate Ohio law. Later, at the same office, election observers found the office unlocked, and what appeared to be locked ballot boxes, unattended. Prior to the withdrawal of access to the books, observers had found discrepancies in election records, and possible evidence of minority vote suppression.
House Judiciary Committee Democrats wrote a letter to Blackwell on December 2 requesting answers to 34 questions about election irregularities and fraud in Ohio. This letter included questions about major discrepancies in Perry County poll books. Since that letter, additional documentation has been provided to the Democratic staff demonstrating similar problems in other counties.
Because of the urgency of the Greene County matter, Congressman John Conyers, Jr., Ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, has requested that Ms. Quinn testify at a hearing scheduled Monday in Columbus, Ohio. Ms. Quinn has agreed to do so and will also present sworn statements from corroborating witnesses. Conyers issued the following statement:
"The Recount effort is simply a search for the truth of what happened during the 2004 Presidential election in Ohio. We have now repeatedly seen election officials obstruct and stonewall this search for the truth. I am beginning to wonder what it is they are trying to hide."
About Ray Beckerman
Location:New York, New York, United States
As a result of my life as a lawyer, my strong belief in the rule
of law as the bedrock of democracy, and my experience as a voter
protection hotline volunteer in Ohio from October 30th through
November 2nd, I have devoted my blog to covering and assisting
grassroots activism seeking to (a) set aside the fraudulent results
of the 2004 Ohio "election" and (b) investigate and
prosecute the crimes committed in that "election" against
the citizens of Ohio, the American people, and our American way
of life. The evidence is overwhelming that the election in Ohio
was stolen. If we permit a second presidential election to be
stolen, the rule of law, and with it democracy, are gravely imperilled
in this country.
In my professional life, I am a member of Beldock Levine & Hoffman LLP.
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