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Citizens' group Ohio Election Justice Campaign (OEJC) calls on media to investigate collapse of Ohio's landmark 2004 election fraud lawsuit; deadline for prosecution for destruction of evidence expires soon.

Columbus, OH (PRWEB) June 15, 2009 -- As the deadline for prosecution of election officials looms, Brunner's office has taken no action to investigate the 2004 election or the destruction of key evidence in the landmark 2004 Ohio election fraud lawsuit, King-Lincoln v. Blackwell, 2:06-cv-00745 (S.D. Ohio), according to the Ohio Election Justice Campaign (OEJC).

In a May 2009 blog, Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner admitted, "Numerous election activists have reviewed the centrally stored ballots in great detail, some with conclusions that allege wrongdoing." Brunner live blog on May 16, 2009.

The deadline for prosecution for the destruction of key evidence in the election fraud case will expire in the next few weeks.

As alleged in court documents, a private corporation, The Ohio Association of Election Officials, encouraged the destruction of evidence in violation of federal court order. Motion for Special Grand Jury. This group will be holding its summer conference June 15-17th, 2009 in Columbus at the Columbus Renaissance Hotel.

SOS Brunner is hosting this conference, entitled "Election Officials Summer Conference and Trade Show." In Ohio's current tight budget, the SOS office will not give costs for conference hosting.

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Contact person: Paddy Shaffer, Director, Ohio Election Justice Campaign, (614) 266-5283

Please note: Links at the end of summery for the court case, exhibits (evidence, records, research), articles, and a video.

The below summarizes the unresolved election fraud situation in Ohio, then goes into depth with a synopsis, further background, and research resources. Your help is urgently needed before the statute of limitations expires.

Please contact US Attorney General Eric Holder at 202-353-1555 and ask him to work with the Ohio Election Justice Campaign (OEJC) and other supporting individuals and organizations to quickly initiate a special grand jury investigation into the 2004 election before it is too late.

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"Democracy is mocked by the Senate candidacy of the chief elections official, Jennifer Brunner, who did absolutely nothing about the massive defiance by the 58 county election boards that lost or destroyed the legally mandated records of the 2004 presidential election. Some champion of democracy, some Democrat." -- Michael Collins

Article with comprehensive links at American Politics Journal

http://www.apj.us/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2292&Itemid=2

Written by Michael Collins
Thursday, 26 March 2009
March 26, 2009 - Washington, DC

(electionfraudnews.com) - Ohio election politics now rival the political hardball of Texas, Illinois, and Florida at their best. As a result, the state's Democratic Party may once again snatch defeat from the jaws of victory in the 2010 election cycle. Through a bid for the open United States Senate seat, the self described election reform Secretary of State, Jennifer Brunner puts two critical goals of Ohio Democrats at risk.

The first is the Senate seat held since 1999 by Republican George V. Voinovich who announced plans to retire at the end of his term this January. This provided a short-lived advantage for a unified Senate candidacy by Democrats. But the unity ended when the candidacy of Lt. Governor Lee Fisher, the party favorite, was challenged by Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner.

Election 2008 turned the tables on Ohio Republicans. President Obama's 51 - 48% win inverted the questionable 2004 outcome, the Bush 51% to 49% "win" over Sen. John Kerry (D-MA). Obama not only reversed the 2004 results, his 2.9 million vote total is the highest ever in Ohio, a state with static population growth since 2000.

The Brunner candidacy threatens an Ohio Senate win by Democrats in 2010.

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Ohio Election Justice Campaign (OEJC) calls for Day of Silence this Tuesday, January 6, 2009 to commemorate "Boxer Rebellion." Four years ago on this day, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Representative Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-OH) led the challenge to the certification of Ohio's votes in the 2004 presidential election, the first time in U.S. history that an entire state's electoral college votes were challenged. An initiative of the Congressional Black Caucus, the Boxer Rebellion was based on widespread electoral problems in Ohio, most unaddressed to this day. Alleged acts of voter intimidation ongoing during the 2008 presidential election include the alleged assault of an election observer in Lucas County, the refusal of Delaware County to permit certain election observers, and Franklin County Board of Election's ongoing practice of referring public record requests to its prosecutor.

Columbus, OH (PRWEB) January 6, 2009 -- The Ohio Election Justice Campaign (OEJC) calls for a Day of Silence this Tuesday, January 6, 2009, to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the "Boxer Rebellion."

This day marks the peaceful legislative challenge to the re-election of George W. Bush on January 6th, 2005. Our silence stands in solidarity with voters around the world whose voices have been extinguished through violence, fear-mongering, and election fraud.

Four years ago, on January 6th, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Representative Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-OH) led the challenge to the certification of Ohio's votes in the 2004 presidential election. This was the first time in U.S. history that an entire state's electoral college votes were challenged.

If the challenge had been successful, Bush would have lost the electoral college votes he needed to clinch the election.

Joining Boxer and Jones in the challenge, known as the "Boxer Rebellion," were 30 representatives, including Kucinich (D-OH), Conyers (D-MI), McKinney (D-GA), and civil rights leader John Robert Lewis (D-GA).

An initiative of the Congressional Black Caucus, the Boxer Rebellion was based on widespread electoral problems in Ohio, most unaddressed to this day.

Not only have the election officials allegedly responsible for the acts of voter intimidation, voter suppression, and election fraud in 2004 escaped accountability, many of them still holding office, King-Lincoln, et al. v. Brunner, et al., 2:06 CV 00745 (S.D. Ohio, filed Aug. 31, 2006, Marbley, J.), but also J. Kenneth Blackwell, Ohio's secretary of state in 2004 and state chair of the Bush 2004 re-election campaign, is now a serious contender for chair of the Republican National Committee.

According to Paddy Shaffer, Director of the OEJC, "Although we are grateful for the efforts of thousands of election protection volunteers in Ohio during the 2008 presidential election and the progress made by Ohio Secretary of State Brunner to ensure a fair election for every voter, the OEJC regrets to report ongoing acts of voter intimidation in 2008, which demonstrate that democracy has not yet been restored to Ohio."

As reported by Ms. Shaffer, alleged acts of voter intimidation during the 2008 election include

1. The alleged assault of an elections observer in Lucas County. For the election day interview with this observer, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAKf_SbrMT4 .

2. Under the office of Delaware County prosecutor David Yost, assistant prosecutors Christopher Betts and William Owen denied seven election observers representing a third party access to the polls. Evidence of possible past election fraud was presented to the court to demonstrate the need for observers. Constitutional Party of Ohio v. Delaware County Board of Elections, 08 CV H 10 1462 (Delaware County Common Pleas Court, Ohio, filed Oct. 31, 2008).

Yost was also responsible for attempting to block the 2004 recount in Delaware County, which temporarily blocked the 2004 presidential recount in the entire state while the 2004 results were being certified. Delaware County Prosecuting Attorney, et al. v. National Voting Rights Institute, et al., 2:04 CV 01139 (S.D. Ohio, filed Dec. 29, 2004, Sargus, J.).

3. Franklin County Board of Election's ongoing practice of referring public record requests to its prosecutor, Patrick Piccinni.

In addition, Greene County Board of Elections allegedly threatened to prosecute a voter who took a picture of his own ballot, while Warren County prosecutor Rachel Hutzel still has failed to address the fake level-10 homeland security alert called in Warren County during the 2004 presidential election. http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2004/11/05/loc_warrenvote05.html.

Under Ohio law, the county prosecutor is the legal counsel for the elections board.

Only two Ohio counties to date have had independent counsel appointed for election justice issues: Cuyahoga and Morgan.

The Cuyahoga investigation led to several criminal indictments. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/24/AR2007012401441.html. .

According to Michael Tigner, of the OEJC, the former Morgan County prosecutor, Richard Welch, was allowed to vote, run for office, and hold the office of county prosecutor for six years in that county, although he was allegedly not a resident.

In 2004, Timothy Kettler, now of the OEJC, filed a police report with the Coshocton County Sheriff's Department requesting an investigation into the 2004 presidential recount. Mr. Kettler informed Coshocton County prosecutor Robert Batchelor that he felt the prosecutor was acting in conflict, which may be seen as improper and unethical.

According to Mr. Kettler, his ethical concerns were dismissed by Batchelor as irrational, and Mr. Kettler was told the prosecutor would no longer take his calls, although he had made only two calls. Mr. Kettler said that Prosecutor Batchelor directed him to resolve any issue about the prosecutor's methods of handling the case with the Ohio Supreme Court.

The OEJC has recently uncovered additional evidence of 2004 electoral irregularities on over 6,800 write-in ballots representing every Coshocton County precinct. Although the Ohio Attorney General, by the request of the Ohio Secretary of State, was asked to investigate this possible election fraud, no results are yet available.

Records released pursuant to public records requests demonstrate that Ohio election officials, their organization, the Ohio Association of Election Officials (OAEO), and their lobbyist, Aaron Ockerman of State Street Consultants, were allegedly linked to 2004 election crimes. King-Lincoln, et al. v. Brunner, et al., 2:06 CV 00745 (S.D. Ohio, filed Aug. 31, 2006, Marbley, J.).

The OAEO, which meets in Columbus, Ohio on January 27-29, 2009, has been brought into a case that contained allegations by the Ohio Secretary of State of fraud in the inducement of contracts for voting technology provided by Premier Election Solutions, a subsidiary of Diebold (DBD). Premier Election Solutions, Inc. v. Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, et al., 08 CV 007841 (Franklin County Common Pleas Court, Ohio, filed May 30, 2008).

According to Ms. Shaffer, the OEJC has several public records requests outstanding from the Franklin County Board of Elections, including public records related to the activities of the board during its October 2008 inquisition of young voters for alleged "voter fraud."

For more information or to donate: http://www.electiondefensealliance.org/OEJC

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See the original story at: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/01/prweb1823794.htm

Simple people, simple LIves, complicated elections.
Questioning the King-Lincoln Case In Ohio.

Watch It:

By Paddy Shaffer
Director, The Ohio Election Justice Campaign

October 28, 2008

In one of the "rare documented cases of voter fraud" committed by Richard Welch, the Republican Morgan County Prosecutor, Ohio Secretary of State (SOS) Jennifer Brunner voted against the members of her own party, board members Mary Anna Wallace and Azcal Wilson, and for the Republican. The issue here is whether the attorney who is the Morgan County Prosecutor, who has lived outside of Morgan County for the past six years, can continue to vote in that county. Welch has lived south of Morgan County, down along the Ohio River in the town of Belpre. Welch is in the military, and has had not personally been physically in the prosecutors office much in the last six year. He has maintained the prosecutor title, and continued to have himself and his wife vote in Morgan County, he has continued to run for office, and hold office. All while actually having his wife and himself live in Washington County.   Read More »

From Gannett News, Coshocton Tribune
By BRIAN GADD Staff Writer October 23, 2008

Original Article:
http://www.coshoctontribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081023/NEWS01/810230305

COSHOCTON - The state intends to investigate whether hundreds of write-in votes for a Coshocton County sheriff's candidate were fraudulently included in the 2004 election.

The independent Ohio Election Justice Campaign is alleging that hundreds or even thousands of write-in votes for former sheriff David Corbett, who ran unsuccessfully against Tim Rogers, were provided by an individual or several individuals and that the write-ins were scattered throughout each of the county's 43 precincts. The OEJC has been a part of a lawsuit over the 2004 presidential election recount.

Paddy Shaffer, director of the OEJC, received correspondence Tuesday from Brian Green, elections counsel for Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner, "that a legal investigation is to take place on election fraud with the 2004 General Election ballots, on the issue of the write-in candidate ballots for David Corbett."

"It gives me hope that justice might one day arrive in Ohio," Shaffer said. "I am certainly happy that something is finally being done."

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Press Advisory: For Immediate Release

September 2, 2008
Contact: Paddy Shaffer, Director, The Ohio Election Justice Campaign
paddy@columbus.rr.com (614) 266-5283

On Tuesday September 2, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. the Morgan County Board of Elections will hold a hearing at the Morgan County Courthouse at 19 East Main Street, McConnelsville, Ohio 43756-1172. This hearing will be the second hearing for an issue the Morgan County Board of Elections (BOE) already ruled on in January of 2008. Mike Tigner is requesting that this hearing be cancelled, and that the BOE cannot change their earlier decision to deny Prosecutor Richard Welch the ability to cast a vote in Morgan County for the 2008 Primary Election, as Welch resides in a different county, Washington County. Welch is a Colonel in the US Army and has been away from the county for parts of the last several years. The same BOE officials later accepted the vote cast by Welch. The issues are far larger than just this vote…   Read More »

Paddy Shaffer of the Ohio Election Justice Campaign,Please listen in to get the latest news on the citizen lawsuit against the Ohio Secretary of State, Jennifer Brunner and the country boards of election in Ohio, but more importantly is this suit will hopefully focus all states on the fraud in the election process. This lawsuit is in reference to the 2004 presidential election, and the federal court ordering the preservation of all ballots/records/documents of the 2004 election, and the failure of the BOE to preserve those records. This is a must listen to program


Open Source Freedom Fighter - Paddy Shaffer Director of Ohio election justice campaign on voter fraud

Hello from VoteRescue
Radio - Where Citizens Count, One Vote at a
Time!
 
This Friday, August 1st,
from 6 - 8 pm CDT, we welcome back returning guest PADDY SHAFFER, founder and director of
the Ohio Election Justice Campaign (OEJC); and OEJC member VIRGINIA BROOKS, two of eight
plaintiffs who have filed suit in Ohio on July 10th against the Ohio
Secretary of State's office.  In the case, the OEJC is asking Hon. Judge
Algenon Marbley to begin criminal contempt proceedings for the destruction of
ballots from the November 2004 election.  The Ohio Election Justice
Campaign (OEJC) submitted over 1000 pages of supporting
documents.
 
Paddy Shaffer is an amazing election integrity activist who,
along with her organization, The Ohio Election Justice Campaign, has been
holding Ohio's new Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner and her staff  (and
Kenneth Blackwell before her) accountable to the citizens on a number of
critical election fraud issues there for years.  She has been one of the
primary leaders in Ohio attempting to eliminate the use of electronic voting
machines there.  Among her many actions, Paddy was in New Hampshire helping
Bev Harris and others monitor the Recount of the Republican
Primary this past January; in 2006; is a frequent contributor to OpEd News.
 Paddy also served as Robert Fitrakis's campaign manager in
2006 during his bid in the Ohio governor's
race.
 
Virginia Brooks  is a member of the Ohio Election Justice Campaign, and
another of the eight Pro Se Litigants seeking to intervene in the Federal
Election Case titled "King Lincoln et al v. Blackwell (now Brunner). 
Virginia is from Ashland County, Ohio and is the State Chair of the Reform Party
of Ohio.  This group is affiliated with the New Frontier Coalition, for
which she serves as a steering committee member, and which was founded to
support any third-party candidate, veterans group, seniors, etc. as long as they
stand for the Constitution of the United States of America and agree to return
this country to a Constitutional and representative
Government 
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Blue State Diner with Michael Alwood at WVKO 1580 Columbus , Ohio is hosting Paddy Shaffer and The Ohio Election Justice Campaign, Saturday at 2 P.M..

Topic:
Election Officials May Face Criminal Charges: OEJC Files in Federal Court

And other topics as well I am sure.

This Streams live 2pm Saturday http://www.wvko1580.com/listen  

http://www.wvko1580.com/

http://www.electiondefensealliance.org/oejc

Columbus, Ohio, PRWEB, July 11 -- Eight members of the Ohio Election Justice Campaign filed papers on Thursday in United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio, asking Hon. Judge Algenon Marbley to begin criminal contempt proceedings for the destruction of ballots from the November 2004 election.

The Ohio Election Justice Campaign (OEJC) submitted over 1000 pages of supporting documents.

In the case before Judge Marbley, King Lincoln, et al. v. Brunner, et al., Civ. No. C2 06 745 (S.D. Ohio), the judge had issued specific orders directing Ohio's 88 county boards of election to preserve all ballots from the election until a decision was rendered in the case.   Read More »

E-Mail Suggests Convicted Felon Bob Ney Connived with Ohio Election Officials

OEJC Calls for Investigation

The Ohio Election Justice Campaign announced today that e-mail between Ohio lobbyist and Ohio election officials suggests that convicted felon Bob Ney connived with Ohio election officials to promote the agenda of lobbyists.

E-mail disclosed pursuant to public records request by the Ohio Election Justice Campaign, which calls for an investigation into influence peddling in Ohio's elections.

Columbus, OH (PRWEB) July 7, 2008 -- An e-mail between a lobbyist for the Ohio Association of Election Officials (OAEO) and county election officials suggests that convicted felon Bob Ney connived with election officials to promote the agenda of lobbyists, the Ohio Election Justice Campaign (OEJC) announced today. The OEJC calls for an investigation into influence peddling in Ohio's elections.

The e-mail was sent by Aaron Ockerman of State Street Consultants,   Read More »

Are Ohio Voters Jus' a Buncha Dumb Hayseeds? Ohio Election Justice Campaign (OEJC) Declares Need for Voter Independence

  

Download this press release as an Adobe PDF document.

    

Recent research by Ohio Election Justice Campaign reveals over 800 pages of documents on destruction of 2004 ballots in violation of court order not submitted to the court, contrary to quoted comments in minutes of meeting of Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner with numerous election officials and voting rights leaders. These records are evidence in a federal lawsuit. OEJC calls upon all patriots to commemorate our great nation's independence from King George's tyranny, including his denial of elections, to demand election justice in Ohio and across the nation.

Columbus, OH (PRWEB) July 4, 2008 -- The Ohio Election Justice Campaign announced today that its research revealed that no records from the destruction of the 2004 ballots had been submitted to the federal court with jurisdiction over the matter. (King Lincoln, et al. v. Blackwell, et al., Case 2:06-cv-00745, U.S. District Court, S.D. Ohio.) http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/electionlaw/litigation/klbna.php

A recent review of court records revealed that the over 800 pages documenting the destruction of the ballots in violation of federal court order were not in the possession of the court.

Over 56 of Ohio's 88 counties destroyed election records.

On July 3, the following letter was sent in response to this startling discovery:

Dear Secretary Brunner,

I am writing to bring a serious issue to your attention.

According to the Voting Rights Institute meeting minutes from August 21, 2007, your understanding was that every county sent an inventory and a letter of explanation to Columbus with the ballots and that "this information was all turned over to Judge Marbley. We have had no updates from his court as of today." Page 6, Voting Rights Institute, Advisory Council Meeting, August 21, 2007, Shaker Heights, Ohio; http://www.sos.state.oh.us/vri.aspx.

Our research has revealed that these records have not been filed with the Court, although almost a year has passed.

In addition, 15 counties have yet to submit letters of explanation.

Please bring this issue to the attention of your staff charged with this responsibility or to the Ohio Attorney General as soon as possible.

I know that many members of Ohio's voting rights leadership, including representatives from the League of Women Voters, the NAACP, People for the American Way, and Citizens' Alliance for Secure Elections, as well as members of the group I direct, not to mention numerous election officials, serve on the Voting Rights Institute Advisory Council.

They and many others were under the impression that the Court had possession of these critical documents and were waiting for the Court to do something.

Are Ohio voters dumb hayseeds or have they trusted unwisely?

Sincerely,

Paddy Shaffer, Director
Ohio Election Justice Campaign

The OEJC declares a renewed need for voter independence today, July 4, and in commemoration of this national holiday, and the republic and democracy it represents, calls upon all patriots to demand election justice in Ohio and across the nation.

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Book Tour and Discussion:
Witness to a Crime -- A Citizen's Audit of an American Election
Author: Dr. Richard Hayes Phillips
Where: Victoria Lovegren's home in Cleveland Heights, Ohio
When: 7:00 pm, Thursday, June 12th
For directions, and to RSVP, contact Victoria at:
lovegrenv@gmail.com [37] or 216-246-4179
What do you say when your out-of-state friends ask, "What happened in
Ohio in the 2004 election?" or "How did Ohio pull it off?"
No one knows more about this subject than Dr. Richard Hayes Phillips,
the leading investigator of Ohio's 2004 election.
Dr. Phillips has recently published a book: Witness to a Crime--A
Citizen's Audit of an American Election and will be in Cleveland next week on his book tour.
Here's what Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has to say about Dr. Phillip's
book:   Read More »

Raising the Bar on Election Protection in November VS OOPS

Bev Harris and the 2008 Black Box Voting Tool Kit
Tonight on "Voice of the Voters!"
Wednesday, May 28 -- Starting at 8:00 PM ET

Heard on 1360 AM Greater Philadelphia & and on the Internet
www.voiceofthevoters.org
Call in with questions live at 856-227-1360

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Part 1 of 3
Thanks to General Bruce from www. Redpeacecross.com for video.
Text Statement from Ohio Election Justice Campaign at bottom of article.
And thanks also to www.Progressohio.org

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Stupid Idiots Can't Order Envelopes That Ballots Fit In... Ohio Elections Suffer Again!!!

By Paddy Shaffer
Director, The Ohio Election Justice Campaign
May 16, 2008

Below I have provided an article that documents lots of Ohio voters whose votes were not counted, because their ballots were too big to close the flap, so they didn't close the flap. The article also reports on the very small number of paper ballots used on election day.

Things to note: Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner made paper ballots available for our March 4th Primary Election in 2008. It should be noted that the poll workers were forbidden to tell people they could vote on paper. Those ballots were only for people that knew to ask for them, and almost no one knew to ask. Secretary Brunner got an award this week from the Kennedy Center. Maybe this is why she looked so sad and glum during her speech. Her award was for paper ballots. Too bad the poll workers couldn't tell the voters they could use those paper ballots.

Hocking County Election Whistleblower (2004) Sherole Eaton reported to me the problem with absentee ballots not fitting in the envelope provided by the Hocking County Board of Elections. The below article does not mention Hocking County. All Ohio's 88 counties need asked about this. Do I have any volunteers that could do this and get the data to me? How many counties is the Secretary of State aware that the envelopes didn't fit the ballots? Who printed this junk, Barrett Brothers, Dayton Legal Blank, or someone else? Who ultimately is responsible for thousands of Ohioans, or will it be hundreds of thousands not having their votes counted. How many were effected state-wide?

Did this happen in other states? Please let me know of such states. The whole country needs monitored for this for November. The states yet to vote in the primary need monitored in advance.

I'm again amazed that these people get paid for their work, and this is the best they can do. Time for another round of the "Dumb Ass Awards".

To answer any of my questions, please respond to: paddy@columbus.rr.com Paddy Shaffer
paddy@columbus.rr.com
(614) 761-0621

And now the article that inspired my rage...

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Follow below link for associated documents:

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20080513&Category=NEWS09&ArtNo=805130322&SectionCat=&Template=printart   Read More »

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Elections Assistance Commission (EAC) oversees the secretive election systems used in the United States. It has announced the appointment of Ms. Alice P. Miller as its Chief Operating Officer (COO).

In 2003, the Washington DC Office of the Inspector General's (OIG) wrote a report
( www.DcWatch.com/govern/ig030522.htm )
of an investigation into the unethical behavior of, among others, Ms. Alice P. Miller, Executive Director of the DC Board of Elections and Ethics. It states that Ms. Miller colluded with others to, in effect, unilaterally grant herself and a colleague $12,000 raises, and that she drafted fraudulent memos to do so.

Petition and auto contact here:
(http://www.usalone.com/cgi-bin/petition.cgi?pnum=837)

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Read on keep in mind the
DC area had a lot of discounted ballots for small envelopes.

from

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20080513&Category=NEWS09&ArtNo=805130322&SectionCat=&Template=printart

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Article published May 13, 2008

Lucas County Elections Board tries to address ballot problem
Larger envelopes ordered

By TOM TROY
BLADE POLITICS WRITER

Lucas County elections officials are investigating ways to avoid a repeat of
what happened in the March 4 primary election, when 921 absentee ballots
were disqualified because voters failed to seal them in ballot envelopes
that were too small.

Daniel Pilrose, county elections director, said larger ballot envelopes are
being ordered for the Nov. 4 election, and he said more explicit directions
printed on the back of the envelope might help reduce the number of
disqualified votes.   Read More »