10.29.2004

GOP VOTER CHALLENGERS FACING INDICTMENT IN SUMMIT COUNTY?

A must-read story in the Beacon-Journal this morning. The headlines:
Summit board rejects 976 voter challenges

Officials say four Republicans had no proof of impropriety.

Angry citizens blast accusers
Read the whole thing, it's incredible. (You may need to register with Ohio.com to get to the article. Believe me, it's worth the minute it will take.)

And then check out MyDD, who's got some of the hearing transcript. In the end, there was talk of indictments and GOP challenger Barbara Miller was taking the Fifth. (When reading the transcript, be aware that Summit Elections Board members Alex Arshinkoff and Joseph Hutchinson are from the GOP. Arshinkoff is the county Republican Chairman.)

It makes you wish the Dems had just let the hearings go forward in Cuyahoga County. I'm sure some people here should be sweating jail time, too.