Cliff Arnebeck replies to Michael Collins: Michael:
In regard to the destroyed 2004 Ohio ballots, it was not generally reported that the matter of criminal activity in that election was referred to the criminal division of the Ohio AG's office, as part of a settlement exploration in our King Lincoln case. When SOS Brunner received the information from the boards of elections that many ballots (1.8 million) had been destroyed or could not be accounted for, she promptly gave these responses to the Ohio AG's office. The AG informed the chambers of the federal court and me, as trial counsel to the plaintiffs. Our case had prompted the court order protecting the ballots. Subsequently, the AG's office provided me with a complete set of all of the responses from the boards of elections. These are posted on the web site of FreePress.org in their entirety. When this matter became public, SOS Brunner first indicated that culpability in the matter was for the court to determine, and then, criticized former SOS Blackwell for not having properly advised the boards of elections in this matter. SOS Brunner was correct. SOS Blackwell instructed the boards of elections about the proper procedure for destroying ballots. While he transmitted the court order prohibiting destruction, SOS Blackwell did not advise the boards of elections of their mandatory duty to obey the court order, or, as SOS, order them not to destroy the ballots. Please let me know if you have any further questions in this matter. Best regards, Cliff --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Mark Crispin Miller's "News From Underground" newsgroup. To unsubscribe, send a blank email to newsfromunderground-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com OR go to http://groups.google.com/group/newsfromunderground and click on the "Unsubscribe or change membership" link in the yellow bar at the top of the page, then click the "Unsubscribe" button on the next page. For more News From Underground, visit http://markcrispinmiller.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
