New Court Filing Reveals How the 2004 Ohio Presidential Election Was Hacked

[boutons_deux]

Spoonamore also swore that "...the architecture further confirms how this election was stolen. The computer system and SmarTech had the correct placement, connectivity, and computer experts necessary to change the election in any manner desired by the controllers of the SmarTech computers."

Project Censored named the outsourcing of Ohio's 2004 election votes to SmarTech in Chattanooga, Tennessee to a company owned by Republican partisans as one of the most censored stories in the world.

http://www.truth-out.org/print/4465

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IIRC, Kerry was leading late in OH with returns coming in steadily.

Then there was 2 or 3 hour lapse with no returns.

Then returns finally came in, and dubya jumped past Kerry, won OH, thereby winning the election by the smallest margin ever by a winning in bent.

[Wild Cobra]

LOL...

So the democrats tried to steal the election. What's new.

There were three types of voting systems in Ohio. Only the computerized one favored Kerry. The other two favored Bush.

[Wild Cobra]

IIRC, Kerry was leading late in OH with returns coming in steadily.

Then there was 2 or 3 hour lapse with no returns.

Then returns finally came in, and dubya jumped past Kerry, won OH, thereby winning the election by the smallest margin ever by a winning in bent.

This makes sense. Computerized results are fast. Takes time for the other two systems used.

[boutons_deux]

Over 200,000 Votes Cast In 2008 By Ohioans Living In Ohio’s Capitol Would Now Be Banned By Kasich’s Election Law

manader on Jul 25, 2011 at 4:20 pm

Doing his part in the GOP’s voter suppression campaign, Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) signed a sweeping elections reform bill into law on July 1. Along with allowing poll workers to refuse telling voters where they can vote, the new law shortens the state’s early voting period, bans in-person early voting on Sundays, and prohibits boards of election from mailing absentee ballot requests to voters. These regressive restrictions mean that four in 10 voters in Columbus, Ohio alone will have to find a new the time, place, or way to cast their ballots. In fact, according to the Columbus Dispatch, the ballots that nearly a quarter million Columbus voters cast in 2008 would be banned under the new law:

234,000. That’s the number of Franklin County voters who cast ballots during the 2008 presidential election on dates, at times or in locations that would be shut down if the GOP election changes – which have been signed into law but are the target of a referendum campaign – are implemented:

• Almost 182,000 voters mailed in completed ballots during the first two weeks of a 35-day early-voting period. Early voting by mail would be cut to 21 days under the Republican plan.

• Nearly 52,000 people cast ballots at Veterans Memorial, which was used for in-person early voting in 2008 because it offered more space, easier access and free parking. The new law would ban early voting by machine anywhere except at county elections offices.

• The legislation also would forbid counties from mailing unsolicited absentee-ballot applications to voters. Franklin County sent applications to all registered voters, totaling nearly 1.3 million in 2008 and 2010 combined. About 380,000 voters cast ballots by mail in the two elections.

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/201...es-now-banned/

[fyatuk]

• Almost 182,000 voters mailed in completed ballots during the first two weeks of a 35-day early-voting period. Early voting by mail would be cut to 21 days under the Republican plan.

And these 182,000 voters would still cast their ballot in the first 2 weeks. The real question is how many valid absentee ballots were received in the last two weeks of the 35 day period, since those are the likely ones to get screwed by shortening the period.

• The legislation also would forbid counties from mailing unsolicited absentee-ballot applications to voters. Franklin County sent applications to all registered voters, totaling nearly 1.3 million in 2008 and 2010 combined. About 380,000 voters cast ballots by mail in the two elections.

Quite frankly, I don't see why you would send out unsolicited absentee ballot applications. Provided you have an easy way for a request for an application, there's no reason to send out unsolicited applications and waste paper since the majority of voters normally aren't eligible to mail in ballots.

[boutons_deux]

"you would send out unsolicited absentee ballot applications"

caging?

[fyatuk]

"you would send out unsolicited absentee ballot applications"

caging?

So ThinkProgress is advocating voter suppression through sending out unsolicited direct mail?

[coyotes_geek]

lol thinkprogress. lol boutons.

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Ohio has their own President?! That's amazing.

[coyotes_geek]

• Almost 182,000 voters mailed in completed ballots during the first two weeks of a 35-day early-voting period. Early voting by mail would be cut to 21 days under the Republican plan.

So people who somehow managed to get their ballots in three weeks before the deadline will be incapable of getting their ballots in if the deadline moves up two weeks?

• Nearly 52,000 people cast ballots at Veterans Memorial, which was used for in-person early voting in 2008 because it offered more space, easier access and free parking. The new law would ban early voting by machine anywhere except at county elections offices.

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that the county election offices have free parking too.

• The legislation also would forbid counties from mailing unsolicited absentee-ballot applications to voters. Franklin County sent applications to all registered voters, totaling nearly 1.3 million in 2008 and 2010 combined. About 380,000 voters cast ballots by mail in the two elections.

Funny, California and Massachussetts don't send out unsolicited absentee ballots. I suppose they're trying to discriminate against democrat voters too.

[Wild Cobra]

Come on guys. Give Boutons a break. He believes anything that the leftists media says that says anything bad about rebupicans. (how does he spell that?)

Anyway, Boutons... to back up my statement:



This came from a site trying to prove the republicans doctored the Opti Scan ballots. He has a comprehensive set of Excel sheets I will link if I can find it. I lifted the above pic from his material.

[Wild Cobra]

Here's the site:

The 2004 Ohio Presidential Election: Cuyahoga County Analysis: How Kerry Votes Were Switched to Bush Votes

Within this material is this nice Excel sheet, which contains the graphic I presented:

ohio_vote_county.xls