November 25, 2004

Fitrakis & Wasserman: New Ohio voter transcripts feed floodtide of doubt about Republican election manipulation

Important report from the Free Press:

Greetings,

The following column by Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman was just
posted to The Free Press (http://freepress.org):

New Ohio voter transcripts feed floodtide of doubt about Republican
election manipulation
by Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman
November 25, 2004

A floodtide of evidence of questionable practices in the 2004 election is
mounting fast against Ohio Republican Secretary of State J. Kenneth
Blackwell and Republican Franklin County Board of Elections (BOE) Director
Matt Damschroder. New transcriptions of sworn voter testimony, presented
below for the first time, confirm growing suspicions of widespread use of
rigged machines. Voters experienced hostility from poll workers, refusal
of Republican election officials to follow the law, and discriminatory
manipulation of voting machine placement, driving significant numbers of
Democrats away from the polls.

Read more:
http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2004/930

The transcripts themselves are published here:

November 13th hearing at New Faith Baptist Church

November 15th hearing at Franklin County Courthouse

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