http://ohiocounts.blogdrive.com/ Ohio Counts Mon, 31 Jan 2005 17:35:18 PST http://www.blogdrive.com Copyright 2005. Politics (new) http://ohiocounts.blogdrive.com/archive/133.html Tue, 01 Feb 2005 01:33:20 GMT The following was posted in a diary by free speech zone on the Daily Kos: NEW REPORT BY NATION'S PROMINENT STATISTICIANS AND VOTE-ANALYSIS EXPERTS REFUTES EDISON/MITOFSKY `EXPLANATION' FOR EXIT POLL DISCREPANCY, URGES INVESTIGATION OF US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION (US) - A new study (See report at www.USCountVotes.org) was released today co-authored by prominent statisticians and vote-analysis experts from a diverse range of Universities including Notre Dame, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Cornell, and Temple. Their study strongly refutes the `explanation' by pollster Edison/Mitofsky (E/M) that... (more) http://ohiocounts.blogdrive.com/archive/132.html Sat, 29 Jan 2005 00:36:40 GMT Some new Free Press pieces that you may not have seen: Ohio's Secretary of State Blackwell libels election protection attorney at junket sponsored by voting machine vendors Ohio's Republican Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell has publicly labeled as "a complete idiot" an Election Protection attorney he is attempting to have sanctioned. Blackwell made the derogatory personal attack outside a banquet-laden conference in Columbus being sponsored by Diebold, ES&S, Triad and other voting machine vendors. J. Kenneth Blackwell: The “J” is for Judas Ohio Secretary of... (more) http://ohiocounts.blogdrive.com/archive/131.html Mon, 24 Jan 2005 01:41:15 GMT I just got this news story in my e-mail. I imagine there are a lot of people here that would like to help the AFLCIO challenge the new campaign finance laws pushed through by Ohio Republicans. Any ideas? (I don't know much about how these things work, but wanted to draw it to your attention--hopefully someone else has the needed expertise. AFLCIO Comes Up Short Against Campaign Financing http://www.onnnews.com/Global/story.asp?S=2844552&nav=LrzsVUyF The A-F-L-C-I-O is considering its options after Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell declared it didn't have enough valid... (more) http://ohiocounts.blogdrive.com/archive/130.html Thu, 20 Jan 2005 04:41:49 GMT I read about this in the comments on Blog for America just a little while ago. Sounds *awfully* petty and vindictive. You know, there are a lot of things we would *like* to do when we're angry with people, but hopefully we are able to listen to that inner voice that says, "Even if it would feel good, it's still wrong." Think of how angry many of us were about the partisan way Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell handled the 2004 election--and we sought appropriate legal channels in an effort to address those wrongs. Now, the attorneys who agreed to represent "we, the people" are being... (more) http://ohiocounts.blogdrive.com/archive/129.html Mon, 17 Jan 2005 16:28:34 GMT As we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day, it seems like a good time to remind everyone first, of the long-term effort it took to make this a national holiday, and secondly, that some of the same people who worked to gain real recognition for King's important civil rights work, continue decades later to fight for equal rights for all Americans. The History of Martin Luther King Jr. Day It took 15 years to create the federal Martin Luther King, Jr., holiday. Congressman John Conyers, Democrat from Michigan, first introduced legislation for a commemorative holiday four days after King... (more) http://ohiocounts.blogdrive.com/archive/128.html Fri, 14 Jan 2005 18:34:57 GMT House Judiciary Democrats to ask for special prosecutor to investigate Ohio election chief Click for that story and other Ohio news and commentary. http://ohiocounts.blogdrive.com/archive/127.html Fri, 14 Jan 2005 04:08:41 GMT Not sure what to make of this... Blackwell orders counties to use optical scanning: Touch-screen voting out in Ohio Ohio Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell took the option of computerized touch-screen voting machines off the table yesterday and ordered all counties to deploy optical-scan devices using paper ballots by the November election. "We have a tight election reform deployment schedule, too few allocated federal and state dollars, and not one electronic voting device certified under Ohio's standards and rules," he said. It's the same position he threatened to... (more) http://ohiocounts.blogdrive.com/archive/126.html Tue, 11 Jan 2005 20:58:19 GMT Flying a flag upside-down is a distress signal. Some weblogs are displaying the inverted U.S. flag as a symbol of a nation in distress. Now mine is too. Several new articles in the Free Press. I flaked on posting about them yesterday, and I need to leave for work in a few minutes. So, rather than taking a chance of forgetting again, I'll just post the titles, and anyone who is interested can find all of them in the Election 2004 section of the Free Press. "Rally Continues Drive for Democracy" January 9, 2005 "Estimated vote count in Ohio" January 8,... (more) http://ohiocounts.blogdrive.com/archive/125.html Tue, 11 Jan 2005 20:48:12 GMT Two articles came to me via keyword news for Kenneth Blackwell today, one describing how he wants to limit state spending, and an editorial saying why he shouldn't: Proposed Measure to Limit State Spending Leaders shouldn't be rushing to limit state's potential http://ohiocounts.blogdrive.com/archive/124.html Mon, 10 Jan 2005 00:06:19 GMT From georgia10 on Kos: I have a feeling many here are suffering from election fatigue. But I thought one last update, a post-mortem of sorts, was in order. Let's tie up some loose ends, shall we? Click here for more.