"Posted on Friday, July 21, 2006 - 09:35 am: Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Special report with Adele Eisner
Nearly as bizarre as the voting machine sleepovers in San Diego, Yellow cab drivers were disconcerted to find themselves in charge of memory card chain of custody in the May 2 primary in Cuyahoga County.
That was reported on Fox-8 News in Cleveland; a host of other problems have also been identified in a devastating internal investigation commissioned by the Cuyahoga Board of Elections.
In today's meeting of the Cuyahoga elections board, Democrat board members Ed Coaxum and Loree Soggs called called for the resignation of Michael Vu (Director of Elections) and Gwen Dillingham (Deputy Director or Elections). The two Republican members dissented, and the meeting ended with a 2-2 split as to whether to remove Vu from office immediately or try to work with him. Ohio Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell may be asked to break the tie.
Bob Bennett, the Chairman of the Ohio state Republican Party, was in favor of retaining Vu, saying "we can't change ships in the middle of the stream."
U.S. Representative Stephanie Tubbs-Jones commented, "On the other hand, you can't stay on the same ship if everybody is about to commit mutiny."
Tubbs-Jones urged the board to come to a decision without turning it over to Blackwell.
"You've had two years to deal with this," she said, adding that handing it to Blackwell would carry a strong appearance of impropriety since he is running for Governor.
Blackwell is the Republican candidate for governor; Cuyahoga County is the most populous elections jurisdiction in the state of Ohio.
The investigation that triggered today's fireworks can be found here:
Three elections workers were indicted in Cuyahoga County over recount irregularities following the Nov. 2006 election. It is the position of Black Box Voting that Vu and Dillingham's role in supervising the illegal recount should be more carefully examined.
In addition to the indictments, Vu's judgement should be questioned for his bizarre decisions about handling chain of custody for the Diebold electronic ballot boxes on May 2.
Cleveland Fox 8 News found that a letter had been sent by the Yellow Cab company to the Board of Elections objecting to the fact that their cab drivers were made solely responsible for the memory cards getting back to the elections division on election night.
Channel-8 news interviewed one cab driver who confirmed that she was left all by herself with a cab filled with memory cards and other supplies. Chris Nance, Stephanie Tubbs Jones' assistant, has said that he witnessed many yellow cabs driving up delivering supplies with only the driver overseeing the votes during transportation."
More information on the Ohio indictments on blackboxvoting.org. Note to those who say there is no proof of tampering - look a little harder, it's out there.
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