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In reply to the discussion: How Karl Rove fixed the FBI investigation of his theft of the 2004 Presidential election in Ohio [View all]Deltadoc
(3 posts)I was involved with the ePluribus Media folks who helped to uncover the embedded presences of SmarTech and Mike Connell inside of Ken Blackwell's Election Night network.
Some of us felt that an important part of the impetus in Ken Blackwell's contract for 'real-time' reporting of election night results was to ensure that he "owned" election night results.
As Ohio's election night administrator, he came with the vested authority of the State, which ensured that any fight over results began with the GOP holding a couple of built-in advantages.
With Connell's real-time reporting system, by 2 AM SOS Blackwell could assert and begin defending, in Ohio, what was unavailable to SOS Harris the morning after, in Florida: The power of the digital perception that Bush won!
Overnight and immediately, Blackwell put Kerry in the position of overturning the sitting President Bush's 'win'.
It maybe irrelevant to cite it, in this circumstance, but there's lots of reason for the adage, 'ownership is 9/10's of the law'. ePluribus Media collaborators had to bring me around to understanding the advantage that was created by Blackwell's ability to authoritatively claim the Bush win during the wee hours of Nov. 3, 2004.
I think one of the things accomplished by Connell's election night reporting system was to help assure Kerry's quick concession.