Republican may disqualify Opponent
Here is a typical example of tactics Republicans may use to win elections. Ted Strickland running for Governor in Ohio has been accused of living in a different district than where he is registered to vote. If hearings confirm this he may be forced to give up his candidacy. Although the accusations have come from a constituent, it is, according to the Dayton Daily News, the Ohio Secretary of State that has ordered the hearing. As it turns out this Secretary of State, J. Kenneth Blackwell, is Strickland’s opponent and is trailing by over 30 percentage points. Should the elections bord deadlocks in their decision, the Secretary of State’s office will be asked to break the decide.
Blackwell was the one who came under fire in the 2004 Election. According to the Status Report of the House Judiciary Committee Democratic Staff Blackwell was responsible for disenfranchising hundreds of thousands Ohio citizens. Blackwell decided to reject voter registrations due to paper weight and restrict provisional ballots. These are just a few of several actions undertaken by Blackwell, the Republican Party and election officials listed in the report. In addition the report cites several irregularities counting and recounting the votes. The report’s conclusion is that “there were massive and unprecedented voter irregularities and anomalies in Ohio. In many cases these irregularities were caused by intentional misconduct and illegal behavior, much of it involving Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell, the co-chair of the Bush-Cheney campaign in Ohio.”
These allegations may or may not be true. They are serious accusations to be taken seriously, though. Blackwell’s office may not have the opportunity or choose to intervene in the accusations against Strickland. If however they do, and Strickland is forced to give up his candidacy, and Blackwell becomes Governor, it will be more than suspicious. Moreover, if the Democrats do not win back at least on house of Congress, it will harden the evidence that elections are being manipulated in the U.S.
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