That interview with Gore Vidal got me looking around a bit for details on the Ohio election. I ran into Rep. Conyers press release about it. Here’s some excerpts.
“We are here because of the inner city voter in Franklin County, who waited ten hours in the pouring rain, while suburban voters in the same county had no wait because election officials decided to reallocate voting machines from Columbus to the suburbs.”…
“Most of all we are here because not a single election official in Ohio has given us any explanation for the massive and widespread irregularities in that state: No explanation for the machines in Mahoning County that recorded Kerry votes for Bush – No explanation for the improper purging in Cuyahoga County – No explanation for the lock down in Warren County – No explanation for the 99% voter turnout in Miami County – No explanation for the machine tampering in Hocking County.
That’s a good idea. If there’s a bunch of people that are going to vote for a candidate you don’t like, just get on the election board and don’t send them any voting machines.
Conyers (MI14) - Press Release - Conyers Challenges Congress to Fix Broken Election System