Up to 162 ballots missing Story Here Archive |
Keith Ervin Seattle Times 17 December 2004 King County election officials will enter a locked "cage" in a warehouse this morning to look for a plastic mail tray they believe contains up to 162 misplaced absentee ballots.
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In state where election door won?t shut, recount finding little change Story Here Archive |
JOE MILICIA Associated Press 17 December 2004 CLEVELAND (AP) ? Vote totals did not change significantly as the state?s recount of the presidential election continued Thursday, but witnesses say there is more to the recount than just numbers.
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Democrats challenge Householder's victory Story Here Archive |
Sandy Theis Cleveland Plain Dealer 17 December 2004 Columbus -Democrats filed a lawsuit to overturn House Speaker Larry Householder's election as Perry County auditor, saying they discovered a string of peculiar voting irregularities that cast doubt on his victory.
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Diane Suchetka Cleveland Plain Dealer 17 December 2004 The election is over and the Electoral College has officially chosen George W. Bush as America's president, but doubters are still scrutinizing nearly every aspect of the controversial vote.
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Hanging chads that fell off leading to more votes for Kerry, Bush Story Here Archive |
JOHN NOLAN Associated Press 17 December 2004 CINCINNATI - Hanging chads that came loose when punch-card ballots were handled again or rerun through tallying machines explain most of the additional votes President Bush and Democrat John Kerry are picking up in Ohio's recount, election officials said Friday.
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Green party leader says GOP donors have voting machine concerns, notes letter to discourage voters that mirrors Rove Story Here Archive |
Larisa Alexandrovna | RAW STORY 17 December 2004 In an exclusive interview with RAW STORY, Green Party presidential candidate David Cobb expressed concern about broad attempts made to disenfranchise voters in Ohio, and asserted that even Republican donors are concerned about the manipulating of voting machines.
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Voters refile challenge of presidential results Story Here Archive |
ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press 17 December 2004 COLUMBUS, Ohio - Voters who said problems with voting machines Nov. 2 indicated fraud refiled a request with the Ohio Supreme Court on Friday to overturn the presidential results.
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Conyers Requests Investigation of Fraud in Ohio Vote Story Here Archive |
David Swanson ILCA 16 December 2004 Conyers Requests Investigation of Fraud in Ohio Vote - The Letter
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Conyers wants probe of Ohio recount preparation Story Here Archive |
MALIA RULON and JOHN NOLAN Detroit Free Press 16 December 2004 A Detroit congressman asked the FBI on Wednesday to investigate an Ohio election worker's concern that presidential election results could have been altered when a software company employee worked on machines before a ballot recount.
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Stark County recount finds no change in outcome Story Here Archive |
Canton Repository 16 December 2004 For the third time, Sen. John Kerry beat President Bush in Stark County.
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Green Party lays out hopes for recount-tampering civil lawsuit Story Here Archive |
John Byrne Raw Story 16 December 2004 In an exclusive RAW STORY interview late Wednesday, Green Party spokesman Blair Bobier outlined his hopes for the Cobb-Badnarik-Kerry lawsuit addendum filed Wednesday.
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Affidavit Filed in Ohio on Voting Machine Tampering. Story Here Archive |
Press Release Green Party of the US 16 December 2004 Attorneys for Green Party Presidential candidate David Cobb today filed an affidavit which outlines alleged voting machine tampering in Hocking County, Ohio, on the Friday before the recount began.
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Libertarian observer questions recount policy Story Here Archive |
KENT MALLETT Newark Advocate 16 December 2004 NEWARK The presidential election recount began Wednesday at the Licking County Board of Elections, but it didn't begin the way one candidate's representative had hoped.
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Skagit County adds 11 votes to Rossi's lead Story Here Archive |
JAMES GELUSO Skagit Valley Herald 16 December 2004 In a race where the two top candidates for governor are separated by thousandths of a percent, 11 votes is a very big deal.
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Ohio High Court Throws Out Presidential Election Challenge Story Here Archive |
Andrew Welsh-Huggins Associated Press 16 December 2004 COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) The Ohio Supreme Court's chief justice on Thursday threw out a challenge to the state's presidential election results.
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King County board moves to verify 573 ballots Story Here Archive |
By NEIL MODIE Seattle Post-Intelligencer A divided King County Canvassing Board voted yesterday to allow signature verification on 573 hotly contested absentee ballots that Democrats hope will favor their candidate, Christine Gregoire, in the historically close governor's race.
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County ends hand recount Story Here Archive |
Jerry Cornfield Everett Herald 16 December 2004 On Wednesday, they finished counting in Everett, added ballots in Seattle and subtracted votes in Mount Vernon.
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Cascading errors shake voter confidence Story Here Archive |
David Postman Seattle Times 16 December 2004 King County's elections director conceded yesterday that major mistakes in the count of the governor's race have made voters suspicious and likely weakened some of what he's tried to do since coming in after the division's last poor showing.
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Law vague on Legislature's role Story Here Archive |
BRAD SHANNON THE OLYMPIAN 16 December 2004 Some state legislators dread the idea, but some lawyers say it's possible the Washington Legislature could have the last word on who becomes the state's next governor. The state Constitution carries a little- understood phrase that says "contested elections ... shall be decided by the Legislature in such manner as shall be determined by law."
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Recount Advocates Appeal Decision; $1.4 Million Is Due Today Story Here Archive |
Andy Lenderman Albuquerque Journal 16 December 2004 SANTA FE? Advocates for a statewide recount of the recent presidential election in New Mexico must come up with a deposit of $1.4 million by 10 a.m. today, a state district judge ruled Wednesday.
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