by Blair Bobier

Common Dreams

12/23/04

Some people just have no respect for the law these days. Unfortunately, they happen to be in charge of our elections. Ohio's Republican Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell and New Mexico's Democratic Governor Bill Richardson are two elected officials who seem to care little for the laws governing elections or the people who put them in office. Both Ohio and New Mexico had more than their share of problems on Election Day -- problems with electronic voting machines, problems with provisional and absentee ballots and, in Ohio, numerous allegations of racially-based voter suppression and intimidation. ...

You'd think that public servants -- responsible for administering elections and sworn to uphold the law -- would want to get to the bottom of these allegations. You'd be wrong...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp