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Departments Election Issues The dog ate my homework continues: inter-office Ohio Board of Elections email prompted by SAVE THE BALLOTS website gives a glimpse into the attitudes of Ohio election officials by Paddy Shaffer August 9, 2007 A record request of August 6, 2007 made to the Director of Franklin County’s Board of Elections, Matt Damschroder, has turned up some very interesting records. Additional proof that all of Ohio’s Boards of Elections knew that they should retain the 2004 election records. Deputy Director Denny White was in attendance at the time of the delivery of the request. I now am in the possession of interoffice emails where they discuss the records, and their repulsion for those of us that seek to know what the story is, which only the actual documents can tell. A beautiful nine-year-old girl named Kelly, with whom I shared some of the stories of missing Ohio 2004 Election Records, posed this question, "If they know they need to keep them, then why don’t they? Kelly was concerned and said, "It is not right". Many statements and questions came from a child that seems more trustworthy and capable than many those who run Ohio’s 56 Boards of Elections (BOE). Those same BOE’s which have missing, lost, taken by the Mahoning Green Team, misplaced, unintentionally discarded into a Rumpke dumpster, intentionally destroyed, accidentally destroyed, shredded, coffee stained and then destroyed, deliberately flooded, and other problems with retaining "the people’s records". Kelly asked, "Why would anyone try to hide the files if they know the rule and know they will go to jail?" My idea for the record request began because of a letter I became aware of. It is here for the world to see. "Thank You" to Jacqueline Neuhart for asking the question. We still don’t know how far it will go, do we… All the way to the illegal occupants at the White House, I hope.
From: Guernsey County BOE [mailto:guernsey@sos.state.oh.us] Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 10:03 AM To: All Counties Subject: save the ballots Good morning, everyone. Has anyone else heard about this? I wonder how far it will go. Jacqueline http://savetheballots.org/ _______________________________________________
----- Original Message ----- From: Lorain Co. Board of Elections To: Guernsey County BOE ; All Counties Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 10:30 AM Subject: Re: save the ballots Someone should tell them to give it up. The election is over. They lost. ----- Original Message ----- From: Brown County BOE To: Guernsey County BOE ; All Counties Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 10:32 AM Subject: RE: save the ballots YES BROWN COUNTY HAS HEARD ABOUT IT. ----- Original Message ----- From: Allen County BOE To: Guernsey County BOE ; All Counties Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 12:08 PM Subject: RE: save the ballots I'm sorry, I'm just a little too busy trying to figure our how the government killed John Kennedy to deal with this. KC ----- Original Message ----- From: Allen County BOE To: Guernsey County BOE ; All Counties Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 12:12 PM Subject: RE: save the ballots And by the way...where does the government have those aliens from space hidden? KC ----- Original Message ----- From: Lorain Co. Board of Elections To: Allen County BOE ; Guernsey County BOE ; All Counties Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 12:46 PM Subject: Re: save the ballots The Trilateral Commission did it. ----- Original Message ----- From: Lorain Co. Board of Elections To: Allen County BOE Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 12:47 PM Subject: Re: save the ballots Tom Cruise's garage. ----- Original Message ----- From: Lorain Co. Board of Elections To: All Counties Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 12:50 PM Subject: Fw: save the ballots ----- Original Message ----- From: Lorain Co. Board of Elections To: Lorain Co. Board of Elections ; All Counties Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 12:56 PM Subject: Re: save the ballots Keith and I give our regards to all the counties who are conducting elections tomorrow. We dodged the bullet on this one. How about you, Keith..... ----- Original Message ----- From: Allen County BOE To: Lorain Co. Board of Elections ; All Counties Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 1:45 PM Subject: RE: save the ballots Yes! ----- Original Message ----- From: Ashtabula County BOE To: ALL COUNTIES Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 3:08 PM Subject: RE: save the ballots I think that we are all a little to busy to deal with these people... get over it already... I wonder who pays these people to work on this stuff...our tax dollars hard at work... We also dodged the bullet on the Special...Thank God... for that... I also heard that the "Voter Identification Requirement" has gone to court to try to overturn that rule... before the November Election. So for all of us lucky counties that already ordered new forms and envelopes... GREAT!! haha Have a great day everyone!!
Director Keith Cunningham, Ashtabula – (BOE) "inadvertently disposed of" Director J. Richard Hornstein Deputy Director, Duane S. Feher (Prosecuting Attorney __________) "inadvertently discarded and destroyed" Ashtabula Prosecuting Attorney, Thomas L. Sartini Brown – "accidentally destroyed or have been misplaced" Chairman, Bill Herdman Board Member, Kerrin Cushing Board Member, Linda Ondre Guernsey – "destroyed in error, due to the county maintenance worker, when collection trash" Director, Jacqueline J. Neuhart Lorain – some ballots missing, no letter of explanation Although there is no letter, here are those that run the place: Director, Jose A. Candelario Deputy Director, Marilyn A. Jacobcik The five BOE’s who participated in this email, should all stand up and acknowledge they knew… they knew they should have kept those records. Keith Cunningham of Allen county claims to have "destroyed on or about August 20, 2006, only 13 days after this email exchange, for which he put in three letters, for which I know about. Regarding protecting the 2004 ballots, once again, here is what Keith said, "I'm sorry, I'm just a little too busy trying to figure our how the government killed John Kennedy to deal with this." KC Lets hope the wheels of justice in Ohio, are not too busy to deal with Keith, according to Judge Marbley’s ruling, this is a fourth degree felony, and he can be held in contempt of court. From the Toledo Blade, August 2, 2007 – Associated Press Matthew Damschroder, director of the Franklin County Board of Elections and President of the Ohio Association of Election Officials, also said counties did nothing intentionally wrong (in regards to destruction of Ohio’s 2004 election records) To view the inventory, records, and letters in regards to this issue, click on this link: (http://freepress.org/ballot/BOE.pdf) Email this article to a friend |
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