Blackwell - Ohio Republican Party Suit for Election Fraud 2004 - Federal Court, Ohio

[autorank]

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0711/S00161.htm

Collins: Stealing Ohio 2004 – The Case Heats Up
Thursday, 8 November 2007, 2:59 pm
Article: Michael Collins

Stealing Ohio 2004 – The Case Heats Up

Ohio citizen sending a message right after 2004 election Image

"Letters from the Edge" Part 2

Michael Collins
"Scoop" Independent News
Washington, DC (Part 1)

The federal lawsuit charging election fraud and voter suppress in Ohio 2004

Defendants in King Lincoln Bronzeville Neighborhood Association (KLNBA v. Blackwell et al). Those charged with election fraud and vote suppression:

"Defendant Blackwell and those acting in concert with him under the color of law, including but not limited to
• the Ohio Republican Party;
• Robert T. Bennett, Chair, Cuyahoga County Board of Elections and State Chair, Republican State Central and Executive Committee of Ohio;
• Matthew M. Damschroder, Director, Franklin County Board of Elections;
• Samuel Hogsett, Technician for Election Systems & Software; and
• Daniel Bare, former Director, Clermont County Board of Elections, have conspired to deprive Plaintiffs of their right to vote…"

The Particulars

Specifically, the defendants:

have conspired to deprive Plaintiffs of their right to vote … by undermining the bipartisan supervision of elections prescribed by Ohio law and avoiding any election audit so as to permit the following: fraudulent votes to be cast for George W. Bush (“Bush”) (“election fraud”); the double-counting of absentee ballots (“vote dilution”); the suppression and/or spoiling of votes in areas that tended to vote for John Kerry (“Kerry”) and the inflating of vote tabulations in areas that tended to vote for George Bush (“vote suppression”); the failing to follow Ohio’s law for the failing to follow Ohio’s law for the proper recount of votes (“recount fraud”); and other violations of federal and state laws. KLBNA v Blackwell et al

April, 2007. Columbus, Ohio. 56 of 88 Ohio counties defied a federal court order and failed to return some or all of the 2004 presidential ballots that they were ordered to retain indefinitely. Over 1.5 million ballots were destroyed or lost, key evidence for major federal law suit charging election fraud and voter suppression in the 2004 presidential contest. For example: "fraudulent votes … cast for George W. Bush; inflating of vote tabulations in areas that tended to vote for George Bush."

What impact will the massive destruction of evidence by Ohio counties have on the federal case charging criminal election fraud in the 2004 presidential election? Some, but the case is still viable.

Snip

Proving Election Fraud with Hard Evidence: The Declaration of Richard Hayes Phillips and the Federal Law Suit

Phillips has an intense involvement in documenting and analyzing election fraud with over 40 articles on the subject. He visited 9,343 of Ohio's 11,323 precincts conducting research for this case. The Declaration of Richard Hayes Phillipswas the opening document filed in federal court. It is a powerful narrative of election fraud and voter suppression.

When Phillips visited Deleware County to examine ballots and other evidence (his right under Ohio law), election officials must have been terribly upset. They called the police five times and the county prosecutor twice seeking to stop the legal request for ballot review. Why?

There's more: http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0711/S00161.htm

Useful links:
Graphic summary of the Declaration of Richard Hayes Phillips evidence
Graphic summary of the KLBNA v. Blackwell et al evidence

[MagickMuffin]

1. GO, GO, GET 'EM, GET 'EM.........

Thanks for posting this. Hopefully something good will come out of this.

They should include the Noe's interference as well, even tho ol' Tom is already serving a sentence for his other shenanigans with stealing all the benefits from teachers pensions. The two of them should also be held accountable for their actions.

Great work as always, autorank:thumbsup:

on edit: not sure how to spell umf ah

[autorank]

2. Hey Muffin! What a graphic.

Came back from vacation to post this (was don a bit ago).

:hi:

[seemslikeadream]

3. I knew you couldn't stay away that long

:hi:

[autorank]

6. You're right for $800.00

:hi:

Had to finish this. The people Ohio are working their Buckeyes off to clean that place up.

This law suit is the real deal. The PTB everywhere should be frightened. It takes the lid
off of the real election fraud - a conspiracy to deny and destroy the votes of anyone to the left
of Ronald McDonald.

cya on 12/1 or before that is I catch up with Ms. Lindauer, who has more to say.

[seemslikeadream]

7. Carry on

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcpJ3LafwbY

[autorank]

33. Sig line link...Mario Savio

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7Mf9j8co70&eurl=
Great stuff. When I was a tiny mutant in CA he was vilified amongst the 'proper people.' At that
time I said to myself, little Otto (not Oskar;) "Must check him out, cool" or something to that effect.
I did! He spoke for us, then and now.

[mod mom]

20. Heard from my reporter friend that there's a revisit to some shady actions in the

future. I believe some folks are coming out of denial and are ready to face the fact that * was never elected and the ramifications of allowing a despot to rule.

Keeping the politicalization @ the DoJ in the spotlight, especially using Tanner's '05 letter will help, imho.

thanks for your efforts! :patriot:

[autorank]

32. There we go.

:patriot: back at you;)

Link me up to that Tanner memo, please & thank you!

The only reason this story is still alive is because of all the great people in Ohio, many proud to
say that they're Democrats, who won't roll over for a bunch of neo fascists. My compliments!!!

[mod mom]

34. I thought you were from out east.

;)

will get that for you.

[bleever]

4. Just look at the first seven counties

and the evidence they contribute to the suit:

Agulaize * Kerry trails little known Dem. Judge; vote tabulator adjusted favor Bush (election officials)

Brown Kerry trails little known Dem. Judge

Butler Kerry trails little known Dem. Judge; vote tabulator adjusted to favor Bush (election officials)

Clermont + Remade ballots and substitute Bush for Kerry; Kerry trails little known Dem. Judge

Cuyahoga Pre-punch ballots in high Dem precincts void Kerry votes; sub blank ballots for
legitimate Kerry ballots;
Swapped ballots to precinct with wrong rotation hurt Kerry; voter purges higher in
urban areas

Darke Kerry trails little known Dem. Judge

Deleware Vote tabulator programmed. by ESS Employee (Hogsett)

(from bottom link in OP)


Orange jumpsuit for Ken Blackwell!

[HCE SuiGeneris]

5. Damn do we need some justice in this country!

You rock as always Mike. Hope your vacation was a Duzy! :hi:

[msedano]

8. let's hear it for open-minded judges...

who'll allow the suit to go forward, allow all the evidence into the record, will follow the law and procedure to the letter to prevent a superior court from overturning on appeal when the piglicans lose the suit.

vacation? since when do you get vacation? we need a steady stream of these articles, collins. so cut the crap and keep that nose to the grindstone. sheesh.

mvs


http://labloga.blogspot.com/2007/11/review-death-of-red-heroine.html

http://readraza.com/


recommended.

[autorank]

9. Aye, aye...

I'm trying to break the slothful habits I learned in college. It's a hard job, a hard job :evilgrin:

This judge is very good http://www.ohsd.uscourts.gov/judges/jmarbley.htm

Old guy too, like us;) Born in 1955

[CitizenLeft]

10. YES!!!

*wild* :applause:

IT'S ABOUT DAMN TIME.

[Kurovski]

11. ES&S' Sam Hogsett is a real piece of work.

From his LTTE:

"So have you heard what the secular progressive loons in the Democratic Party are doing in the school system in Maine?

These disgusting perverts are prescribing birth control pills to students as young as 11 years old without parental consent, although it's illegal in Maine to have sex under the age of 14. Sounds like these scofflaws are aiding and abetting criminal activity to me.

Common sense and decency should dictate that these lunatic teachers and school nurses would report this unlawful activity to the proper authorities to ensure these scurrilous acts are halted and all involved are severely punished..."

Of course I don't believe that he actually believes a word of it. Especially the part about being "severely punished" for "unlawful activity".

As The Magistrate says: "Let's get these Bush bastards", or words to that effect.

Thanks Mike, RECOMMENDED.

[Kurovski]

12. Kick. (nt)

[B Calm]

13. Nobody ever said that Justice works fast!!

[autorank]

25. ...or easy. The only reason this is on the table is citizen concern...

People who are adamant about justice and fair elections...obviously a radical idea in today's USA.

[autorank]

14. One correction - "examined" not "visited"

In the section on Richard Hayes Phillips review of Ohio election results, 2004, I said "He visited 9,343 of Ohio's, etc. precincts" The correct word is "examined data from 9,343 of Ohio's etc. precincts."

From the declaration of Richard Hayes Phillips, Phd, Paragraph 4, page 1:

"I examined precinct canvass results for 9,343 of 11,323 precincts in the State of Ohio, identifying anomalous or irregular election results from the 2004 presidential election, utilizing..."

Sorry Richard, that's too much work for even you.

[Berry Cool]

15. Reading this does my heart good.

I want my vote to COUNT next year! Goooooo!

[autorank]

26. Good...

I see it as uplifting and find all involved in Ohio to be that way.

Ohio was the ugly face of fascism, our future had there been no resistance, and the people in Ohio -
the real hard core activists - Fitrakis, Arnebeck, Shaffer, Rosenfeld, PHillips, Wasserman, Eisner, Lovegrin - just a partial list - just wouldn't back down in the face of the 'new politics.' During the early days of the recount, lawyers Fitrakis and Arnebeck were threatened with jail if they criticized the election (or something like that). Can you imagine - like the Soviet Union.

The race sometimes goes to the turtle and that's what we are, those of us who operate in a waking state and absorb real information - slow but a hard shell.

[Hubert Flottz]

16. How many of the votes stolen in Ohio were the votes of veterans

who had faithfully fought our wars and done our bleeding, only to be cheated out of his or her right to vote and to have that vote fairly counted and recorded? And then the GOP has the GALL to say that they support the troops and the veterans. Stealing my vote, is not what I'd call supporting me... These mothefuckers shouldn't go to jail, where we will have to pay for their keep...they should be sent out on the front lines in Bush's war of choice, for the duration.

[autorank]

27. You are totally correct - jail time for destroying evidence, stealing votes,

I don't know how many vets but I'll bet there were quite a few. Why? Because this effort focuses on the larger metro areas, particularly working class precincts, even more so, minority precincts. I'll be there are quite a few Vietnam vets in Cleveland etc. who had their votes messed with. According to the suit, which I believe, they inflated Bush votes in the burbs and rural areas and suppressed, "lost" Kerry votes in the city. They should fucking go to jail after a fair trial;)

[eomer]

17. Any idea where this lawsuit is headed?

Hey Michael,

I have a difficult time guessing what is really going on and where this lawsuit is headed. The Ohio SoS and AG are now Democrats and SoS Brunner has said she is interested in settling this and other lawsuits rather than continuing to litigate them. The plaintiffs in KLBNA v. Blackwell (including Cliff Arnebeck and Bob Fitrakis) have also said, at least in the public filings, that they are interested in a settlement.

While a settlement might save Ohio some money and would likely also involve agreement on improvements in future elections, it would seem to eliminate the possibility of this lawsuit bringing evidence about the 2004 election out into public.

On the other hand, with much of the evidence now in possession of the SoS, perhaps an investigation by the AG (separate from the lawsuits) could lead to criminal prosecution. AG Dann made a campaign promise to prosecute any criminality in the 2004 election that turned up. I assume he has someone looking into it?

Or, are the two Democrats who took office in 2006 more inclined to just move on?

Any guesses how this is going to turn out? Or, better yet, do you have any information about what is going on behind the scenes?

cheers,
eomer

_{Edit: wording for better clarity.}

[Ellipsis]

22. Last I read they were trying to schedule a status conference for late Sept.

Haven't read boo about it since...

Anybody know what's the status of the status conference?

[Me.]

18. So Here You Are Then

Still on the case.

Why is it described as being under the color of the law?

'Defendant Blackwell and those acting in concert with him under the color of law, including but not limited to'

[autorank]

28. "as thought it were lawful" rather than "with a hoodie and a bat" they stole votes

:)

[SlowDownFast]

19. K&R! n/t

[mod mom]

21. Here's a little WARREN COUNTY rehash for newbies:

Wednesday, November 10, 2004
Warren Co. defends lockdown decision


FBI denies warning officials of any special threat
By Erica Solvig and Dan Horn
Enquirer staff writers

LEBANON - Warren County officials, facing scrutiny of their decision to lock down the administration building on election night, say they were responding to a terrorist threat that ranked a "10" on a scale of 1 to 10.

The information, which Commissioner Pat South said was previously deemed confidential, is coming out a week after the public was barred from viewing the Warren County vote count. The Ohio Secretary of State's office doesn't know of any other county in the state to impose such a restriction.

County officials initially said they feared that having reporters and photographers present could interfere with the ballot counting. They subsequently cited homeland security concerns.

Now, they say an FBI agent told them that Warren County ranked a "10" on a terrorism scale. However, state and federal homeland security officials said Tuesday they were unaware of any specific threat against the county.

-snip

http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2004/11/10/loc_warrenvote10.html


November 23, 2004

Warren County Lockdown was Premeditated!

As it turns out, the Warren County Lockdown was an entirely premeditated act:

http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041116/NEWS01/411160355/1056/news01






A generation ago, political science research established that having one's name listed first on a ballot gives a candidate an advantage of up to several percentage points, especially in minor contests where few voters recognize any of the candidates' names. A 1976 addition to the Ohio Constitution ordains that"The general assembly shall provide by law the means by which ballots shall give each candidate's name reasonably equal position by rotation or other comparable methods to the extent practical and appropriate to the voting procedure used."

http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/constitution.cfm?Part=5&ExpandsSections=Yes

"Ballot rotation" at the PRECINCT LEVEL, not the POLLING PLACE level, sets a trap for unwary voters when the location is crowded and chaotic. I call this trap the "Caterpillar Ballot", because, at the same polling place, a valid vote for John Kerry (or any other candidate) might have to go in ANY OF FIVE DIFFERENT LINES ON THE BALLOT. Kerry's name crawls from ballot line to ballot line, just like a caterpillar crawling from twig to twig on a tree. The Cleveland Plain Dealer explained it all in an article that remains obscure:

http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1102674912293811.xml







FROM 2004:
Warren County, Ohio: most successful voter registration drive in American political history, or stuffing the ballot box
by Richard Hayes Phillips, Ph.D.
December 1, 2004

Warren County, a traditional Republican stronghold northeast of Cincinnati, came to national attention on election night. While the nation awaited returns from Ohio, the state that would decide the election, county officials locked down the administrative building and prohibited all independent observers from watching the vote count.

An analyst who has all the vote data for 2000 and 2004 by precinct in several Ohio counties did a detailed analysis by precinct of the huge increase in Bush votes and margin in Warren county. This county first did a lockdown to count the votes, then apparently did another lockdown to recount the votes later- resulting in an even bigger Bush margin and very unusual new patterns.

Several very unusual patterns were evident in the history and the vote totals by precinct. The analyst concludes:

"George W. Bush’’s big win in Warren County was due to one of two things –– one of the most successful voter registration drives in American political history, or stuffing the ballot box. If the vote was legitimate, the records will show it. There will be a signature in a different handwriting for every one of the 16,803 newly registered voters, and for every one of the 95,512 ballots cast. If the vote was not legitimate, there will be a shortage of punch cards in the ballot box, or duplicate handwriting on the voter rolls, or fewer registered voters than reported."

Other counties and likely Kerry win in recount with fair rules: http://web.northnet.org/minstrel/alpage.htm



FROM 2006:
Free Press uncovers evidence of ballot tampering in Warren County, Ohio
April 19, 2006

After locking out all media observers and declaring a Level 10 Homeland Security Alert, the Republican-dominated Warren County, Ohio reported the vote tally in the wee hours of the morning on November 3, 2004 -- and gave George W. Bush a surprising 14,000 vote boost. Two election workers told the Free Press that the ballots had been diverted to an unauthorized warehouse where they had been possibly stuffed. That is, punched for Bush only. Maps were supplied to the Free Press showing the locations of the warehouse and the Board of Elections.

Warren County officials refused to allow the Columbus Institute for Contemporary Journalism to handle the ballots, but they did allow us to photograph a few. Richard Hayes Phillips, Ph.D., has analyzed the ballots for the Free Press and concluded that there is evidence of fraud in Warren County. The ballots as photographed with Dr. Phillips' commentary below each ballot are included here for the first time.

The Free Press predicted early on that the ballots would be found punched only for Bush in Warren County. The Moss v. Bush lawsuit pointed to Warren, Butler and Clermont Counties as the three counties that provided more than Bush's entire margin in the Buckeye State: Bush won Ohio by 118,000, and 132,000 votes were supplied in these three southwestern Republican counties.

Now, for the first time, the Free Press is releasing images of the obvious election fraud in Warren County. The Free Press will continue its ongoing investigation in Ohio despite stonewalling by Republican state officials. See the images by clicking on the link below.

View the actual ballots. (6.48MB -- PDF)

Additional Richard Hayes Phillips commentary (88KB -- PDF)

Additional Richard Hayes Phillips commentary (88KB -- PDF)

http://freepress.org/columns/display/3/2006/1355



-snip

In Warren County, on Election Day, the board of elections declared a Level 10 Homeland Security alert for which neither the Homeland Security Department nor the FBI has any documentation or explanation. The alert served as cover for moving the vote count to an isolated warehouse, away from the media. Bush emerged from Warren County with a huge majority, far in excess of what he received in 2000.

Some 22,000 officially unused ballots from Warren County are now mysteriously missing.

Warren County Board of Elections Director Michael E. Moore has written Brunner, stating that, in complete defiance of the law, "They were not accidentally destroyed. They were destroyed pursuant to standard practices that had been used by the Board of Elections for many years in Warren County regarding unused punch card ballots." Moore notes that "The unused ballots were destroyed 60 days after the 2004 election."

Warren, along with neighboring Clermont and Butler counties, provided Bush with more than his entire 118,775 winning margin in Ohio 2004. Thus these three counties were singled out for allegations of fraud in the election contest case Moss v. Bush (though only after surviving the first ever congressional challenge to a state's entire Electoral College delegation). The allegations of fraud on a level that could have decided the presidency were thus never tested in court . . . and now the evidence has been destroyed.

-snip

http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/printer_2261.shtml







Warren County RECOUNT Report found here:

http://www.iwantmyvote.com/recount/ohio_reports/counties/warren.php

[KoKo]

23. K&R.....

[truedelphi]

24. K & r'ed late last night.

You report: "April, 2007. Columbus, Ohio. 56 of 88 Ohio counties defied a federal court order and failed to return some or all of the 2004 presidential ballots that they were ordered to retain indefinitely. Over 1.5 million ballots were destroyed or lost, key evidence for major federal law suit charging election fraud and voter suppression in the 2004 presidential contest. For example: "fraudulent votes … cast for George W. Bush; inflating of vote tabulations in areas that tended to vote for George Bush."

Penalties for tampering with an election are so slim that I think this is one of the first things that needs change.

[Senator]

29. K&R

[althecat]

30. Checkin in.......

:bounce:

[autorank]

31. New Zealand handles things much better...

"Terror" No More: Solicitor General - No "Terrorism" Charges To Proceed Against Urewera 17

[Ellipsis]

35. kick

[Kurovski]

36. Kick. (nt)