Ohio Election Officials Indicted for Mishandling 2004 Bush/Cheney Recounts

Silly liberals – how could you even suggest that conservatives would rig an election?

Two Cuyahoga County elections officials were indicted Tuesday on charges of not handling ballots correctly during the recount of the 2004 presidential election.

Kathleen Dreamer, manager of the board’s ballot department, and the assistant manager, Rosie Grier, were each charged with six counts of failing to follow Ohio laws that spell out how ballots are selected and reviewed during a recount.

The most serious charges carry a maximum of 18 months in prison…

The charges stem from a complaint first raised last December by Toledo lawyer Richard Kerger, who … charged that elections officials failed to randomly select precincts that were supposed to be counted by hand and compared against ballots tabulated by a machine; conduct test-runs before witnesses; and investigate discrepancies between vote totals.

Baxter would not offer details of his investigation but said he examined allegations that officials took “measures in order to all but assure that there would not be a countywide hand count.”

Hat tip to The Brad Blog.

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