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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: BlackDog777 who wrote (653367)	10/29/2004 3:23:39 PM
From: Doug R	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Don't be so lazy. You can find it easily. I'll give you a freebie for South Dakota though: Five charged in absentee voter controversy STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS published: 10/22/2004 Five people face charges in connection with absentee ballot applications that were filled out on some South Dakota college campuses, Attorney General Larry Long and other officials said Friday. They were identified as Joseph Alick, 28; Nathan Mertz, 20; Todd Schlekeway, 27; Rachel Hoff, 22; and Eric Fahrendorf, 24. Fahrendorf had been listed as a Republican Party employee. Officials said the rest were volunteers. All had resigned earlier from a GOP get-out-the-vote effort after questions arose as to whether some absentee ballot requests were signed by the student in the presence of the notary public whose seal was affixed to the request. The five and another worker, Larry Russell, resigned earlier this month. Russell had sought the party’s nomination for a special U.S. House election in June and most recently directed the GOP’s get-out-the-vote program. Russell, who headed the Republican Victory operation, was replaced by Herb Jones, manager of U.S. Senate candidate John Thune’s 2002 Senate bid. Several students on various campuses have questioned the absentee ballot application process, saying young men secured their applications, and no women witnessed their signatures, yet the notarization of the documents was signed by a woman. argusleader.com Ok...Ohio too... GOP Challenger Barbara Miller Could be Indicted on Felony Charges AKRON, Ohio - The Summit County Board of Elections abruptly threw out 976 challenges of voter eligibility by the Republican Party today after Barbara Miller, the challenger, revealed that she did not have any personal information about the eligibility of any of the challenged voters. Instead, Miller said that her challenges were based on a list of "undeliverable mail" given to her by the Republican Party. The list was based on a GOP mailing sent to registered voters throughout the state of Ohio. After Miller presented this as her evidence, Russell Pry, Summit County Election Board member, told her that she could be indicted for signing a sworn challenge without any personal knowledge about the eligibility of the voters. Miller's reaction was to plead the Fifth Amendment. MR. PRY: Where did you complete this challenge form at? MS. MILLER: My home. MR. PRY: What did Mr. Simon tell you with respect to Ms. Herrold's residence? MS. MILLER: That the mail had come back undeliverable several times from that residence. MR. PRY: And you never saw the returned mail? MS. MILLER: No, I did not. MR. PRY: Now, you've indicated that you signed this based on some personal knowledge. MR. HUTCHINSON: (Joseph F. Hutchinson, Jr. Summit County Board of Elections) No MR. ARSHINKOFF: (Alex R. Arshinkoff, Summit County Board of Elections) Reason to believe. It says, "I have reason to believe." It says it on the form. MR. JONES: It says, "I hereby declare under penalty of election falsification, that the statements above are true as I verily believe." MR. ARSHINKOFF: It says here, "I have reason to believe." MR. HUTCHINSON: It says what it says. MR. ARSHINKOFF: You want her indicted, get her indicted. MR. PRY: That may be where it goes next. MR. HUTCHINSON: Yeah, give it a try. MR. MORRISON: I'm going to enter an objection. MR. JONES: Can we have you name? MR. MORRISON: Yes. Jack Morrison. I've just been informed by Mr. Pry that an indictment may flow out of this, and therefore I'm instructing Ms. Miller to exercise her privilege against self-incrimination. She will not answer any further questions. MR. PRY: There's no basis for this challenge. MR. JONES: Since she's here, we're going to allow Ms. Herrold share with us -- thank you, Ms. Miller. mydd.com