J. Kenneth Blackwell invited to U.S. House to discuss Ohio's 2004 General Election
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House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) and Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) have invited Ohio's controversial former Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell (R) for a chat about voting irregularities in the 2004 election. The hearing, which "will explore the current state of voting rights and the allocation of resources to end voter suppression and voter fraud," is scheduled for February 8th. Conyers and Nadler appear to be hoping that Blackwell's past success in suppressing voter turnout will be very informative.
Read it all here:
http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/005167.php
Wonder if a subpoena will follow if this "request" is turned down.
...and the phrase is not "voter fraud", which is a bogeyman created by Republicans to scare people into thinking "Mickey Mouse" is voting thousands of times. No, the phrase is "vote fraud", as in "Election Day has been changed to Wednesday", or "If you have a parking ticket, then you will not be allowed to vote, so don't even bother going to the polling place".
You'd think Blackwell would be sour about using up all his political capital getting Bush elected and now holding an empty bag. Both Blackwell and Katherine Harris in Florida got clobbered in statewide elections once voters realized what they did.
"Ohio is a particularly good example [of Democratic gains in 2006]. The Democratic wave swept out the Republican Governor, a U.S. Senator and a Republican Congressman. Potentially more importantly, Republicans in Ohio no longer control the state's electoral apparatus since the Republican Secretary of State Ken Blackwell, who helped manipulate the results of the decisive 2004 Ohio Presidential vote, was replaced by a Democrat. Blackwell was also trounced in his bid for the Governor's mansion."
(BTW, If you're interested in reading this 600-page book, contact me through PO, and I'll give it to you.)
I'd especially like to know more about any incidents in which Republican Presiding Poll Judges were "derelict in their duties" and allowed long lines to form in Democratic-majority precincts. Did the Presiding Judges do everything in their power to make sure that everyone had a chance to vote????