Memorial Funeral and Mourning for the Anniversary of the 2004 Election, and subsequent election problems.
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It is with great hope for better times in the future and great sadness for my nation and our recent history, and that I write my first blog for Progress Ohio. I take time now to address a few items, and to invite the public to attend three memorial events...
Citizens Mourn Anniversary of Ohio's "Death of Democracy",
The 2004 Presidential Election, and other election violations.
Columbus, Ohio, on Friday, November 2, 2007.
November 2nd, Friday at 11:30 a.m. will begin with a Eulogy and New Orleans-style funeral procession for the 'Death of Democracy" starting at the Ohio Statehouse. The funeral procession will start at the McKinley statue on High Street at 11:30 a.m., and will proceed to the Franklin County Board of Elections, the Ohio Secretary of State, and the Ohio Attorney General. Jazz band players will lead the parade, and the public is welcome to join peacefully in the procession. Musicians are still needed and encouraged to RSVP with Paddy.
From 5:30-7:00 p.m. at the First Unitarian Universalist Church, 93 Weisheimer Rd., Clintonville, please attend the Memorial Service for Democracy. Come share your feelings and stories of disenfranchisement during and after the events of 11/2 2004, the date of the Ohio general election sanctioned by the Bush-Cheney campaign re-election chairman, Secretary of State Blackwell.
A Wake from 7:00 p.m. till midnight at the Victorian's Midnight Cafe on Fifth and Neil, (go North on High, west on Fifth), citizens are invited to participate in dialogue to identify and frame the most significant issues for action for 2008. Music and speakers are promised for the event.
Why.... because it is not getting any better.
In August I founded the citizen's action group, The Ohio Election Justice Campaign. We are now announcing three events for general public participation for Friday, November 2, 2007. In recognition of the third anniversary of the defrauding of the 2004 general election in Ohio, (and seven years since the election theft of Florida) representing the defeat of democratic elections in the state, the OEJC now works to restore public attention to the continuing plight of election problems, even under the current Democratic administration.
Given these disturbing facts -
That two members of the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections (Maiden and Dreamer) were convicted for rigging the 2004 recount, sentenced to 18 months in prison, and as yet have not been imprisoned for offenses. The trial has been extended as the attorney for Maiden and Dreamer claims to have new evidence to submit, but it is as yet unseen. There is evidence that the same behavior was perpetrated in 2004 on a statewide and systematic basis in many Ohio counties and many of those same counties destroyed their 2004 federally protected election records. Look at Green Party Recount Reports, and know that for a county to prechoose the precincts is illegal, and this is what got those ladies the 18 month prison sentences. So with investigation, would others running Ohio elections be looking at that fate also? http://www.iwantmyvote.com/recount/ohio_reports/
In Ohio, 56 of the 88 counties turned over partial or no ballots to the Secretary of State when ordered to do so in the spring of 2007, by a US District Court Judge under the threat of a fourth degree felony and contempt of court charges. These are the people's records, and there are now over 1.5 million 2004 ballots forever gone. The Ohio Secretary of State, now has in her possession the remaining evidence of the largest crime in world history (look at the effect worldwide of this non president)... the theft of the US Presidential Election. There are over 2,200 boxes of election records in her possession.
Also in these 2004 election records that have been gathered is the evidence that the Ohio Supreme Court races in 2004 were rigged in Delaware County. We have evidence of the rigging of the Ohio Supreme Court in another county also. Those Delaware County records exist in full. Then there are stickered ballots where Kerry votes were covered over with a sticker and changed to Bush votes in Clermont County, admitted to by Board of Elections member Danny Bare. Some of these Clermont ballots are in the custody of the Ohio Secretary of State. This is just a small sample of the horrific stories. Why are these same people to be administering the 2008 elections? What about the rule of law?
Why when asked, will the Secretary of State not inventory or collect the 2004 signature books and poll books across the state that still exist? How many of these records have been destroyed or discarded? They are needed to audit the records. On July 6, 2007 Brunner's executive assistant was informed, and given the Certificate of Disposal for Clermont County that was filed with the Auditor of State and the Ohio Historical Society that says they disposed of the signature and poll books in July 2007, yet nothing was done regarding accountability that we know of. Again, these federally protected records, are the people's records. Why will the Attorney General or Secretary of State not investigate those records... or if they have, can the public please be informed that something is finally getting done.
Members of the OEJC have let both the Ohio Secretary of State, and Ohio Attorney General know of many of the crimes for which those missing records are the physical evidence. Yet nothing is being done. Why? The only response we get is that they must get ready for 2008. The OEJC has requested to meet with the Attorney General and Secretary of State, and has now waited 83 days, yet nothing is scheduled. The group is growing and welcomes others who share our concerns.
The OEJC draws public attention to the lack of political courage to prosecute the crimes of massive, organized election fraud against the people's will in Ohio. These crimes extend out to harm the entire nation, and the world. We ask for the return of the rule of law. Democracy died in Ohio on November 2, 2004. Can we resurrect it?
Even the 2006 election of Carole Squire, in her race for Judge, and the following trial, and actual investigation (done by the Squire team, too bad that again no law enforcement stepped up) showed huge problems in Franklin County. The machines we voted on here, were not even certified for use with the mixture of parts they were assembled from. Karen Cotton from the Franklin County BOE admitted in court testimony that she could not balance the election books.
So has voting improved with the new voting machines that HAVA, which was given to us by the now federally convicted Jack Abramoff and Bob Ney... no... not really. In Delaware County when the voting machines were not working correctly for the 2006 General Election, an election observer reported that the advice given to poll workers who called in to report this problem was for them to pick up the machine, tilt it to the right... and shake it. Will we be asked to trust these machines again?
So now The Ohio Election Justice Campaign has scheduled the following events in Columbus, Ohio on November 2nd, 2007 to bring attention to what has happened in 2004, and the subsequent elections. We hope that all this is dealt with, and people are held accountable.
Contact Information:
Paddy Shaffer
Founder, The Ohio Election Justice Campaign
paddy@columbus.rr.com
(614) 761-0621
Citizens Mourn Anniversary of Ohio's "Death of Democracy",
The 2004 Presidential Election, and other election violations.
Columbus, Ohio, on Friday, November 2, 2007.
November 2nd, Friday at 11:30 a.m. will begin with a Eulogy and New Orleans-style funeral procession for the 'Death of Democracy" starting at the Ohio Statehouse. The funeral procession will start at the McKinley statue on High Street at 11:30 a.m., and will proceed to the Franklin County Board of Elections, the Ohio Secretary of State, and the Ohio Attorney General. Jazz band players will lead the parade, and the public is welcome to join peacefully in the procession. Musicians are still needed and encouraged to RSVP with Paddy.
From 5:30-7:00 p.m. at the First Unitarian Universalist Church, 93 Weisheimer Rd., Clintonville, please attend the Memorial Service for Democracy. Come share your feelings and stories of disenfranchisement during and after the events of 11/2 2004, the date of the Ohio general election sanctioned by the Bush-Cheney campaign re-election chairman, Secretary of State Blackwell.
A Wake from 7:00 p.m. till midnight at the Victorian's Midnight Cafe on Fifth and Neil, (go North on High, west on Fifth), citizens are invited to participate in dialogue to identify and frame the most significant issues for action for 2008. Music and speakers are promised for the event.
Why.... because it is not getting any better.
In August I founded the citizen's action group, The Ohio Election Justice Campaign. We are now announcing three events for general public participation for Friday, November 2, 2007. In recognition of the third anniversary of the defrauding of the 2004 general election in Ohio, (and seven years since the election theft of Florida) representing the defeat of democratic elections in the state, the OEJC now works to restore public attention to the continuing plight of election problems, even under the current Democratic administration.
Given these disturbing facts -
That two members of the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections (Maiden and Dreamer) were convicted for rigging the 2004 recount, sentenced to 18 months in prison, and as yet have not been imprisoned for offenses. The trial has been extended as the attorney for Maiden and Dreamer claims to have new evidence to submit, but it is as yet unseen. There is evidence that the same behavior was perpetrated in 2004 on a statewide and systematic basis in many Ohio counties and many of those same counties destroyed their 2004 federally protected election records. Look at Green Party Recount Reports, and know that for a county to prechoose the precincts is illegal, and this is what got those ladies the 18 month prison sentences. So with investigation, would others running Ohio elections be looking at that fate also? http://www.iwantmyvote.com/recount/ohio_reports/
In Ohio, 56 of the 88 counties turned over partial or no ballots to the Secretary of State when ordered to do so in the spring of 2007, by a US District Court Judge under the threat of a fourth degree felony and contempt of court charges. These are the people's records, and there are now over 1.5 million 2004 ballots forever gone. The Ohio Secretary of State, now has in her possession the remaining evidence of the largest crime in world history (look at the effect worldwide of this non president)... the theft of the US Presidential Election. There are over 2,200 boxes of election records in her possession.
Also in these 2004 election records that have been gathered is the evidence that the Ohio Supreme Court races in 2004 were rigged in Delaware County. We have evidence of the rigging of the Ohio Supreme Court in another county also. Those Delaware County records exist in full. Then there are stickered ballots where Kerry votes were covered over with a sticker and changed to Bush votes in Clermont County, admitted to by Board of Elections member Danny Bare. Some of these Clermont ballots are in the custody of the Ohio Secretary of State. This is just a small sample of the horrific stories. Why are these same people to be administering the 2008 elections? What about the rule of law?
Why when asked, will the Secretary of State not inventory or collect the 2004 signature books and poll books across the state that still exist? How many of these records have been destroyed or discarded? They are needed to audit the records. On July 6, 2007 Brunner's executive assistant was informed, and given the Certificate of Disposal for Clermont County that was filed with the Auditor of State and the Ohio Historical Society that says they disposed of the signature and poll books in July 2007, yet nothing was done regarding accountability that we know of. Again, these federally protected records, are the people's records. Why will the Attorney General or Secretary of State not investigate those records... or if they have, can the public please be informed that something is finally getting done.
Members of the OEJC have let both the Ohio Secretary of State, and Ohio Attorney General know of many of the crimes for which those missing records are the physical evidence. Yet nothing is being done. Why? The only response we get is that they must get ready for 2008. The OEJC has requested to meet with the Attorney General and Secretary of State, and has now waited 83 days, yet nothing is scheduled. The group is growing and welcomes others who share our concerns.
The OEJC draws public attention to the lack of political courage to prosecute the crimes of massive, organized election fraud against the people's will in Ohio. These crimes extend out to harm the entire nation, and the world. We ask for the return of the rule of law. Democracy died in Ohio on November 2, 2004. Can we resurrect it?
Even the 2006 election of Carole Squire, in her race for Judge, and the following trial, and actual investigation (done by the Squire team, too bad that again no law enforcement stepped up) showed huge problems in Franklin County. The machines we voted on here, were not even certified for use with the mixture of parts they were assembled from. Karen Cotton from the Franklin County BOE admitted in court testimony that she could not balance the election books.
So has voting improved with the new voting machines that HAVA, which was given to us by the now federally convicted Jack Abramoff and Bob Ney... no... not really. In Delaware County when the voting machines were not working correctly for the 2006 General Election, an election observer reported that the advice given to poll workers who called in to report this problem was for them to pick up the machine, tilt it to the right... and shake it. Will we be asked to trust these machines again?
So now The Ohio Election Justice Campaign has scheduled the following events in Columbus, Ohio on November 2nd, 2007 to bring attention to what has happened in 2004, and the subsequent elections. We hope that all this is dealt with, and people are held accountable.
Contact Information:
Paddy Shaffer
Founder, The Ohio Election Justice Campaign
paddy@columbus.rr.com
(614) 761-0621
