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Departments Election Issues The dog ate my homework According to the Columbus Dispatch ("56 Ohio counties failed to keep ballots," August 2, 2007), Brunner stated that there is no evidence that ballots were intentionally destroyed. We respectfully refer her to the "letters of explanation" from Fayette and Warren counties, both of which state, in these exact words, that some or all ballots were "intentionally destroyed." We also refer her to the "letters of explanation" from Allen, Champaign, Fairfield, Hancock, Hardin, Holmes, Logan, Marion, Medina, Monroe, Montgomery, Morrow, Paulding, Perry, Putnam, Sandusky, Seneca, Shelby, and Stark counties, all of which state, in other words, that some or all ballots were intentionally destroyed. Adams – "does not have in its possession" Allen – "water damage and subsequently destroyed" Ashland – "mistakenly destroyed" Ashtabula – (BOE) "inadvertently disposed of" (Prosecuting Attorney) "inadvertently discarded and destroyed" Athens – "inadvertently discarded" Auglaize Belmont Brown – "accidentally destroyed or have been misplaced" Butler – "unintentionally discarded into a Rumpke dumpster" Carroll Champaign – "these items have always been destroyed" Clark – "those ballots were shredded" Clermont – "unable to locate" "No one remembers specifically discarding the ballots." "There is a possibility that the ballots will surface" Clinton – "not found" Columbiana Coshocton Crawford Cuyahoga Darke Defiance Delaware Erie – "does not have" "unaware we needed to keep" Fairfield – "They would have been shredded, as we have a contract with Shred-It for disposal of all election materials." Fayette – "intentionally destroyed" Franklin Fulton Gallia Geauga Greene Guernsey - "destroyed in error, due to the county maintenance worker, when collecting trash" Hamilton - "inadvertently shredded" Hancock – "did not have to be retained and these items were destroyed" Hardin – "destroyed prior to the court order" Harrison Henry Highland Hocking Holmes – "a shelving unit collapsed onto a side table holding a working coffee maker. Many of the stored items had to be destroyed due to broken glass and hot coffee" Huron Jackson – "may have been destroyed pursuant to retention schedule" "Another possibility is that (the ballots were) accidentally destroyed" Jefferson Knox Lake Lawrence Licking Logan – "we were instructed by the previous Director to destroy" Lorain Lucas Madison Mahoning – "accidentally disposed of (by) the Mahoning County Green Team" Marion – "destroyed pursuant to the retention schedule" Medina – "destroyed following the record retention schedule" Meigs Mercer – "were not found" "we will continue to search" Miami Monroe – "according to our retention schedule we were allowed to dispose of" Montgomery – "We did not receive formal notice from the courts prior to preparing the certificate of destruction." "In addition, we contacted our county prosecutor for further authorization." Morgan Morrow – "it does not say to in the retention schedule." Muskingum Noble Ottawa Paulding – "destroyed after the official and the recounts were certified" Perry – "destroyed shortly after the election" Pickaway Pike Portage Preble – First: "unable to find" "thought it likely they had been inadvertently discarded" Second: "Ballots are buried in County landfill and are not capable of being replicated." Putnam – "destroyed for security purposes" Richland – "destroyed or lost by the movers or by our staff" Ross – "unable to duplicate these ballots" Sandusky – "Our ballots were stacked all over our office and we had them picked up at the first opportunity." Scioto – (some) "unable to locate" "unknown whether the ballots were accidentally destroyed or have been otherwise misplaced." (some) "released and shredded" Seneca – "The ballots were disposed of during the first week of September" Shelby – "destroyed pursuant to the retention schedule, do not remember the date they were shredded" Stark – "destroyed prior to notification of Judge Marbley’s order" Summit Trumbull Tuscarawas Union Van Wert – "unable to find" "We assume that these ballots were discarded." Vinton Warren – "The ballots were intentionally destroyed." Washington Wayne Williams Wood Wyandot |
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