Ohio Recount: Prosecutor to Probe Cuyahoga County Recount of Ballots
Akron Beacon Journal
Two written complaints allege problems in '04 presidential election
By Stephen Dyer
CLEVELAND
– Erie County Prosecutor Kevin J. Baxter is investigating whether the
Cuyahoga County Board of Elections broke the law in its recount of
ballots from the November presidential election.
The
probe stems from two requests: one from minor-party presidential
candidates David Cobb and Michael Badnarik, and another from
entrepreneurial consultant Edward Michael Caner.
The
complaints allege that the board violated state law because the
precincts it recounted were neither randomly selected nor was the
opening of ballots properly witnessed.
In
addition, Cobb and Badnarik allege that there were problems with the
board's ballot-transfer cases, which can reveal whether the precinct
used the ballots assigned to it or whether ballots from other precincts
were used.
Finally,
they contend that the county's vote-tabulation machines were used
improperly and that discrepancies exist between the certified recount
and the certified original vote.
All this
was done to cover up problems in the November vote and ensure that no
hand-recount would have to be done around the county, the letter from
Cobb and Badnarik alleges.
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