Cleveland Plain Dealer

08/31/05

Two Cuyahoga County elections officials were indicted Tuesday on charges of not handling ballots correctly during the recount of the 2004 presidential election. Kathleen Dreamer, manager of the board's ballot department, and the assistant manager, Rosie Grier, were each charged with six counts of failing to follow Ohio laws that spell out how ballots are selected and reviewed during a recount. ... The charges stem from a complaint first raised last December by Toledo lawyer Richard Kerger, who watched over the recount on behalf of two third-party candidates. ... [Prosecutor Kevin J.] Baxter would not offer details of his investigation but said he examined allegations that officials took 'measures in order to all but assure that there would not be a countywide hand count'...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp