Suit challenging results of election thrown out
OHIO
12/17/2004
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The Ohio Supreme Court's chief justice Thursday threw out a challenge to the state's presidential election results.
A lawyer for the 40 voters who sued said he would refile the challenge as early as today.
Chief Justice Thomas Moyer ruled that the request improperly challenged two separate election results. Ohio law only allows one race to be challenged in a single complaint, he said.
The challenge was backed by the Rev. Jesse Jackson and Cliff Arnebeck, a Columbus attorney for the Massachusetts-based Alliance for Democracy, who accused President Bush's campaign of "high-tech vote stealing."
Without listing specific evidence, the complaint alleges that 130,656 votes for Sen. John F. Kerry, D-Mass., in 36 counties were somehow switched to count for Bush.
Informant: lynnzy
12/17/2004
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The Ohio Supreme Court's chief justice Thursday threw out a challenge to the state's presidential election results.
A lawyer for the 40 voters who sued said he would refile the challenge as early as today.
Chief Justice Thomas Moyer ruled that the request improperly challenged two separate election results. Ohio law only allows one race to be challenged in a single complaint, he said.
The challenge was backed by the Rev. Jesse Jackson and Cliff Arnebeck, a Columbus attorney for the Massachusetts-based Alliance for Democracy, who accused President Bush's campaign of "high-tech vote stealing."
Without listing specific evidence, the complaint alleges that 130,656 votes for Sen. John F. Kerry, D-Mass., in 36 counties were somehow switched to count for Bush.
Informant: lynnzy
Starmail - 17. Dez, 22:58
