Jackson plans rally with ministers to call for election investigation
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Rev. Jesse Jackson said he plans a Sunday rally in Columbus with ministers from around Ohio to call for an investigation of election irregularities in the state.
Jackson and his Rainbow/PUSH Coalition civil rights group want to call attention to the fact that votes in Ohio are still undergoing the official count, he said Thursday. Jackson also is questioning whether enough voting machines were provided in inner-city precincts and whether fraud could have occurred in counties that use electronic machines without paper records of ballots.
President Bush beat Democrat John Kerry in Ohio by about 136,000 votes, according to the unofficial tally. Kerry conceded there were not enough outstanding votes to sway the election his way. Counties have until Dec. 1 to complete their official counts, including verification of 155,337 provisional ballots cast in the state.
Lawyers who have been documenting election problems in Ohio said last week they would challenge the results of the presidential election as soon as the vote is official.
They say they will represent voters who cast ballots Nov. 2 and the challenge will be based on documented cases of long lines, a shortage of machines and a pattern of problems in predominantly black neighborhoods.
Ohio Republican Party Chairman Bob Bennett called the challenge absurd and a waste of taxpayer time and money.
Congress' investigative agency, responding to complaints from Ohio and around the country, also has begun to look into the vote count, including the handling of provisional ballots and malfunctions of voting machines.
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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">It's a joke and a waste of time only when your candidate wins. Had Bush lost, I'm sure we'd be seeing the exact same type of whining that Jackson is doing.Ohio Republican Party Chairman Bob Bennett called the challenge absurd and a waste of taxpayer time and money.
Personally, I think this is going nowhere fast. IMHO it is a waste of time. But Bennett's statement is asinine.
Hey I've got an idea. Let's spend the next 4 years arguing over something that is allready decided. LOL!
What a waste of time and effort.
SHEESH! [img]confused.gif[/img]
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