Mary Pat Flaherty
Posted on 10/21/2008 4:59:16 PM PDT by Libloather
In Ohio, Charges Fly in Fight Over Absentee Ballots
By Mary Pat Flaherty
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, October 21, 2008; Page A05
Ohio Democrats and Republicans traded accusations yesterday as they continue to battle over absentee ballots and other voting issues.
The charges came after a county prosecutor in Cincinnati subpoenaed the Hamilton County Elections Board for the records of 266 new voters who cast absentee ballots during a week-long period in September and early October, when Ohio residents could register and vote on the same day.
County prosecutor Joseph T. Deters said he subpoenaed the records because a preliminary review by his office suggested there were problems with addresses and identities.
Deters, who is the Southwest Ohio regional chair for the McCain campaign, said, "I never discussed this with anyone on the campaign, and I would never do something like that."
Deters said he had received "some complaints from citizens" about possible registration problems and had been called by new voters "who admitted they had done something wrong by voting."
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The records turned over to Deters, however, came out of "a few different voter registration drives" and were part of a pool of 671 voters in Hamilton County who registered and voted on the same day, said Sally Krisel, the county's elections board director.
The county would have verified voter information before counting the ballots, she said.
Both Deters and the plaintiff in the Ohio Supreme Court case cite an urgency in having the issues resolved before Saturday. That day, Ohio elections boards are permitted to begin processing, but not counting, the early ballots.
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Will they count the votes of people living IN the Ohio river?
There is something to be said for fear...like the fear of getting caught and punished for cheating.
Yeah, trying to prevent fraud is now “instilling fear”. The Democrats are a bunch of damn liars, and this is not one of their better lies.
Maybe, but they will need to wait until the envelopes dry out before they can open them.
Mary Pat Flaherty
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