Findings detailed in 2004 election lawsuit
Here is an affidavit filed Friday afternoon in federal court in Columbus by Richard Hayes Phillips, a scientist from Canton, N.Y., who has investigated ballot-counting problems in Ohio ever since the 2004 election.
Phillips' declaration to U.S. District Judge Algenon L. Marbley was made in support of a lawsuit filed Thursday in U.S. District Court alleging ballot irregularities in 11 counties including Hamilton, Butler, Clermont and Warren counties.
In several passages, Phillips expresses concern that unused ballots -- which were to be saved at least until this weekend under federal law -- could provide evidence of tampering. They've been discarded in at least two counties.
"The Butler County Board of Elections was able to produce the unused punch cards. They also produced, in the form of a packing slip, what appeared to be a complete inventory for each precinct," Phillips writes. "All were accounted for, and all were pristine. This only raises the question as to why the Boards of Elections in Clermont, Hamilton, Montgomery, Stark, Summit, Trumbull, and Warren counties cannot produce their unused ballots."
Phillips later concludes: "Having reviewed a substantial amount of forensic evidence, it is my conclusion that there is direct evidence of ballot tampering in each of the eleven counties whose public records I have examined, and that there is a compelling need to protect the evidence from destruction, presently scheduled to take place on or shortly after September 2, 2006."
His complete declaration can be found here:
Declaration%20of%20Richard%20Hayes%20Phillips.doc
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Post a Comment*Why was there never a full investigation into the FAKE Warren County homeland security alert on Nov 2? After this new evidence which has been uncovered, I am glad to see the Cincinnati Enquirer willing to revisit the discussion of what occurred on Nov 2, 2004.
Blackwell has said he leaves the decision to save the ballots up to the individual BOEs (the same ones that serve at his discretion). This is just a political cop-out intended make him look good and let his lackeys make the ugly decision. If he really wanted to save the ballots, as Secretary of State he could. Pressure needs to be applied to force his hand.
In case you are interested in viewed the tampered ballots, go to this article:
Free Press uncovers evidence of ballot tampering in Warren County, Ohio
April 19, 2006
After locking out all media observers and declaring a Level 10 Homeland Security Alert, the Republican-dominated Warren County, Ohio reported the vote tally in the wee hours of the morning on November 3, 2004 -- and gave George W. Bush a surprising 14,000 vote boost. Two election workers told the Free Press that the ballots had been diverted to an unauthorized warehouse where they had been possibly stuffed. That is, punched for Bush only. Maps were supplied to the Free Press showing the locations of the warehouse and the Board of Elections.
Warren County officials refused to allow the Columbus Institute for Contemporary Journalism to handle the ballots, but they did allow us to photograph a few. Richard Hayes Phillips, Ph.D., has analyzed the ballots for the Free Press and concluded that there is evidence of fraud in Warren County. The ballots as photographed with Dr. Phillips' commentary below each ballot are included here for the first time.
The Free Press predicted early on that the ballots would be found punched only for Bush in Warren County. The Moss v. Bush lawsuit pointed to Warren, Butler and Clermont Counties as the three counties that provided more than Bush's entire margin in the Buckeye State: Bush won Ohio by 118,000, and 132,000 votes were supplied in these three southwestern Republican counties.
Now, for the first time, the Free Press is releasing images of the obvious election fraud in Warren County. The Free Press will continue its ongoing investigation in Ohio despite stonewalling by Republican state officials. See the images by clicking on the link below.
SNIP
http://www.freepress.org/columns/display/3/2006/1355
George Bush won. Twice. Get over it.
There's a temptation here to lay all election problems at the feet of Secretary Blackwell. While it's clear Blackwell's record as chief election adminstrator is abysmal, the longer term objectives of true election reform suggest citizens and legislators take a much broader view.
Face it, most citizens -- of which I am one -- were blissfully ignorant of election processes until Florida 2000. Then we began seeing the sordid mess our elections were, and still are, in. Punch cards woefully indadequate for accurate vote tabulation; central tabulators that can be easily hacked; the politial role of Secretaries of State; improper voter purging; recounts halted, and so forth.
While we're stuck at the present time with the results of two flawed presidential elections which in part gave us 9/11, several thousand American casualities in Iraq, up to 200,000 civilian casualties in Iraq, and an American image at an all time low, the longer term question is whether there will be a viable democracy in these United States. Thank goodness folks are finally waking up and taking a look at our elections, the very basis of our form of government. This is neither a Republican nor Democratic issue, it is an American issue. Let the investigations continue, and let the chips fall where they may.
Bush won twice you say? Then why not give full access to public records and let them attempt to make their case in a fair court of law? If you are so confident, Jeff, then why not let them try and fall on their faces if nothing is there? Even better, If Blackwell has nothing to hide-how about him going under oath and testifying to the House Judiciary Staff?
Al Gore won the popular vote in 2000 by over .5 million votes. In adidtion, the State of Florida took 50,000 black Floridians, legitimate voters, off the rolls before the election. That's a fact. Florida and and the software vendor agreed to a consent decree to settle the case. No doubt at all. With those voters, Florida isn't even close. Oh, and there's the 110 thousand discar ballots, "spoiled", in primarily black precincts in 2000. Bush was selected not elected.
The statistical work Hayes has done is first rate. I've reviewed it. If you think Bush won Ohio, then throw oopen the books, investigate, debate, and be prepared for a rude surprise. It was stolen in 2004 too!
Did you know Bush's net margin in rural rural was less in 2004 than he in 2000, less, fewer. He broke even in the subburbs. Where did he make up for the losses? IMHO, two Bush "victories" is nonsense. Hayes has his analysis down tight.
Fasten your seatbelts Ohio. Of course, will it get covered...why not!!!
Michael Collins
Gore won in 2000 Jeff. He won the popular vote, and it was the supreme court that appointed Bush president. Who knows who actually won in 2004, with the voting irregularities in Ohio and Florida.
Anon 11:34, they've kept the ballots for 22 months as required by law. The sore losers have had nearly 2 years to make any of their conspiracy theories work.
The 2004 Elections have been decided. George Bush won, with room to spare. Get over it!
Jeff & Andy, Bush stole the 2000 election twice.
The London Observer on November 26, 2000 wrote:
Vice President Al Gore would've easily strolled to victory in Florida if the state hadn't kicked upt to 66,000 citizens off the voter registar five months ago as former felons. In fact, not all were ex-cons. Most were simply guilty of being African American.
CNN analyst Jeffrey Toobin proves it in his book "Too close to call".
The U.S. Civil; Rights Commision held hearings about the disenfranchisement of voters. Their draft report shows incredible disparities between spoiled votes in poor and rich counties, particularly in African American districts.
"Black voters were 10 times more likely than non black voters to have their ballots rejected."
The Wall Street Journal noted the discrepancies: "While the overall rejection rate was just under 3%, the rate was nearly four times as high in the precints that are predominantly black".
The Supreme Court stopped the recount because as Scalia said if the recount continues it could "threaten irreperable harm to petitioner"(George Bush). Then his son Eugene got an appiontment in the administration.
The facts are out there and Governor Bush lost. Jeb Bush and Katherine Harris weren't exactly acting in a non-partisan way and either did Ken Blackwell.
Liberals are just so, so pathetic.
Sore losers, just crybabies like 2000.
Vote Democrat - or We'll Cry 2006
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Jeff, Election investigators have NOT had 2 years to make their case thank to a PARTISAN SOS (who by the way was Co-chair of Bush/Cheney '04-how would republicans feel if the tables were turned and a Dem SOS acted in such a NON PROFESSIONAL way?)
Gore won FL in 2000 but the SCOTUS in a 5/4 decision gave it to Bush after stopping the recount. BTW the protestors who stormed the recount where non other than GOP operatives. Surprise, surprise. Why isn't Bush V Gore being used in Law Schools?
More on Ohio's election problems from the New York Times.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/05/opinion/05tue1.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
Ken Blackwell is a liar, thief and a traitor.
NeoCons are pathetic!
They steal elections at home, prop up puppet regimes in Iraq, Afghanistan, Haiti and Saudi Arabia all in the name of Democracy. What a bunch of hypocrites.
No to partisan election officials and no to private partisan companies counting our votes!
The U.S. Civil Rights Commision held hearings about the
disenfranchisement of voters. Their draft report, Voting Irregularities
in Florida During the 2000 Presidential Election published June 8,
2001, stated:
Black voters were nearly 10 times more likely than non black voters to
have their ballots rejected. Poor counties, particularly those with
large minority populations, were more likely to posses voting systems
with higher spoilage rates than the more affluent counties with
significant white poulations. There is a high correlation between
counties and precincts with a high percentage of spoiled ballots, that
is, ballots cast but not counted.
Nine of ten counties with the highest percentage of African American
voters had spoilage rates above the Florida average.
Of the 10 counties with the highest percentage of white voters, only
two counties had spoilage rates above the Florida average.
Gadsen County, with the highest rate of spoiled ballots, also had the
highest percentage of African American voters.
Where precinct data were available, the data show that 83 of the 100
precincts with the highest numbers of disqualified ballots are black-
majority precincts.
Florida's optical-scan voting machines could be set two ways. They
could throw away ballots that weren't correctly marked or they could
return them to the voters to be corrected.
The machines in counties with large black and poor populations were set
to eat bad ballots. In whiter and wealthier counties were set to
politely return ballots that were improperly marked to be corrected.
Vote Democrat or we'll cry - that's a great approach to the real problem at hand here. "How about the Republican cry of "Vote Republican or you will all rot in the bloody depths of hell". As Republicans continue to try to run this diverse country based on religious beliefs, I am often reminded of countries that we are at war with that have tried to do the same. The problem now isn't that bush won fairly or not (he is in office and that is what matters). This is much to the dismay of hard working, middle class Americans, gays, blacks or any minority for that matter - the trust-fundless Americans.
I have read the statistical review provided in the lawsuit. I will be happy to request the mathematical formulas used and debunk this crap.
No election is perfect. Ohio uses a balanced system. An equal number of Democrats and republicans work the election board. Any and all can raise an objection at any point of the process. The same systems were in place when Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton won the Presidency.
No reporter checked which presidential campaigns the expert claimed to have worked on. None checked his voter registration to check his stated political affiliation. This is an educated but unintelligent partisan. He never stated the formulas used in his calculations.
He never states why his investigation used different tactics in different counties.
he never states that the Democratic Party sued to keep Nader off of the ballot.that the lawsuit was filed in a federal court with a Democrat appointed judge as the presiding judge. That judge has the opportunity to assign the case to another partisan appointed judge.
In Cincinnati, Judge Susan Delott heard a lawsuit filed on the part of blacks who felt registration subject to address verification was an attempt to deter voter turnout.Never mind that Delott, a mediocre attorney at best, lives in a home owned by a law firm that regularly hears class action cases. Never mind that she has hosted at least twice, a fund raiser at that home for a Democrat Presidential candidate. Let's vote at the polls, have fair and balanced supervision of the process and trust that anomalies are within a
quarter of one percent accuarate.
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