Predictably, the promised “Did E-Voting Work?” coverage from CNN’s Judy Woodruff didn’t add much to what we’ve already covered here. The only notable issue is that she discussed the GAO investigation reported in the previous item here and other concerns about E-Voting, as well as giving a mention to the up-coming Ohio Recount and the quarrels about thereof. Reporting on those items at all on CNN is a step up at least! So we’ll take that as a luke-warmish good sign. (CNN’s report on the GAO Investigation is now online. Woodruff’s report on video is here.)
In the meantime, real reporter Erica Solvig of the Cincinnati Enquirer slightly advances the Mysterious Goings-On in Warren County where you’ll recall, unlike any other county in all of Ohio, all media were locked out from witnessing the vote tallying on Election Night. Warren County was amongst the last to report their results and one of the top Bush counties in Ohio. The reason given by Election Officials for the lockout was due to “terror warnings” they were said to have received from FBI/Homeland Security officials. It turns out the FBI has denied giving any such warnings to anybody in Ohio.
In today’s Enquirer Solvig reports that the lockout was planned in advance:
Not sure what we learn from that, other than the plan to lock-out reports was made in advance and Election Officials have been inaccurate about even that. Still no word on why it was all done at all, but hopefully Solvang will keep digging!
I.m not entirely certain why Warren County has the right to keep secret and with no oversight the election concerning the Presient of the United States from the peolple of the United States. Exactly what law gives these Ohio county election officals this right? How can the election in a democratic process be under the control of a few unknown partisan republican people? Our country could be in a constitutional crisis because of them.
Is there a law on their side giving them this right?
Good questions, Rita:
"Exactly what law gives these Ohio county election officals this right? … Is there a law on their side giving them this right?"
… but I don’t think the law matters very much to the people you’re talking about. Their actions seem to be guided by a much more pragmatic idea:
"We can do whatever you can’t prevent us from doing."
The next few weeks will be crucial in seeing just how much we can prevent them from doing. 😉
Yup, it’s all so mind-bloggleing. (I needed a bad pun right about then, sorry gang.)
Our democratic process is being strangled to death, but only if we allow it. No office, county, government authority has the right to screen a vote tally; it is supposed to be transparent.
We can only speculate reasoning behind this kind of behavior, along with armed Marshalls standing guard between our eyes and our right to observe.
Go Erica!
This is very disturbing to me. I can’t remember where I read this — that this to have taken place is illegal. And the election officials at that precint should be prosecuted and either fined or put in jail (whatever the law deems appropriate). And I couldn’t agree more. And the fact that this took place, makes me wonder: Could it be that if any hacking of results took place, it could have happened from this location!? Of course, I have no way of knowing. But this behavior, and the lie as to why it occurred in the first place, makes me very suspicious that something very underhanded took place (from) there.
I have the misfortune of having lived in Warren County for the last 15 years. This is an evil place.
I used to see the world as black-and-white. Now I only see red and blue.
I have the misfortune of having lived in Warren County for the last 15 years. This is an evil place.
I used to see the world as black-and-white. Now I only see red and blue.
I have the misfortune of having lived in Warren County for the last 15 years. This is an evil place.
I used to see the world as black-and-white. Now I only see red and blue.
I have the misfortune of having lived in Warren County for the last 15 years. This is an evil place.
I used to see the world as black-and-white. Now I only see red and blue.