Released September 1, 2005 by www.votecobb.org
Contact: Blair Bobier, Media Director at 541.929.5755
On Tuesday, August 30, a federal district judge
set a trial date for the Green Party’s Ohio Recount lawsuit and
indictments were handed down against two Cuyahoga County elections
officials for their roles in the bungled election audit. The timing
was coincidental; the two actions are not related though they both
stem from charges that the recount was conducted in violation of state
and federal law.
Judge James Carr set the trial date for August 22,
2006. The lawsuit was initiated by Green Party presidential candidate
David Cobb and his Libertarian counterpart, Michael Badnarik.
The Ohio election and recount has been the subject
of a number of investigations and reports. A report by the U.S. House
Judiciary Committee’s Democratic staff states that “there were
massive and unprecedented voter irregularities and anomalies in Ohio.
In many cases these irregularities were caused by intentional
misconduct and illegal behavior, much of it involving Secretary of
State J. Kenneth Blackwell, the co-chair of the Bush-Cheney campaign
in Ohio.” The August issue of Harper’s magazine featured an
article by Mark Crispin Miller on the Ohio election fraud and the lack
of “mainstream” media coverage devoted to it, entitled “None
Dare Call it Stolen.”
“The truth about the fraud, manipulation and
voter suppression in Ohio is slowly coming out. The price of freedom
is eternal vigilance and we will pursue this as long as necessary to
protect the integrity of our democratic process. When Republicans
steal elections and Democrats roll over and play dead, the public can
rely on the Green Party to protect the right to vote and the right to
have all votes counted,” said Blair Bobier, spokesman for the
party’s 2004 presidential campaign.
Additional information about the recount and the
entire 102 page report by the House Judiciary Committee’s Democratic
staff can be found at <http://www.votecobb.org>.
The website for the national Green Party is <http://www.gp.org>.
