Let's Revisit Ohio

I don’t normally revisit previous topics, but this isn’t going away (hopefully you don't miss the previous topic, which is also new). The Bloggerman reports that twelve of fifteen Democratic members of the US House Judiciary Committee sent a fifteen-page letter on Thursday to Ohio’s Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell formally requesting answers to questions surrounding election night. It is, by far, the most comprehensive report of the Ohio allegations I’ve seen so far. Gee, I wonder if Sec. Blackwell will formally try to answer all these questions. He’ll just have another worthless press conference calling us crazy, angry and confused. He needs to be careful; the report also notes that the twelve representatives have requested an investigation by the House Judiciary Committee in addition to the GAO investigation that has already been approved. He may actually need to start taking this seriously.

I agree with Olbermann’s assessment. The questions outlined in this report are worth investigating, especially the Warren County lockdown. Keith has highlighted important points for Blackwell to consider: “If County officials were not advised of terrorist activity by an FBI agent, have you inquired as to why they misrepresented this fact? If the lockdown was not as a response to a terrorist threat, why did it take place? Did any manipulation of vote tallies occur?”

At the very least, we owe it to those who feel they may have been victims of either a flawed system or fraud. Is that not enough reason to investigate? I just don’t understand the hesitation to proceed with evaluating the election. Someone explain to me why we shouldn’t investigate. Please?

I feel compelled to defend the investigation—not because I want Bush to lose (although that may be a convenient outcome), but because our system simply may not have worked. I’m going to keep searching for investigation-related reports in the media and will post comments on this topic to give people easy links to information, which, believe me, is very hard to come by.