{"article":{"id":120303,"heading":"David Cobb tells Conyers Forum of","author":"Patroit","created":"2004-12-14 20:09:40","modified":"2004-12-14 20:09:40","last_modified":"Wed, 15 Dec 2004 03:09:40","article":"<br>  <br> David Cobb tells Conyers Forum of  Preparations for a Fraudulent Recount  <br><br>   By Fintan Dunne, Editor <br>  <br>   &lt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.BreakForNews.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.BreakForNews.com<\/a>&gt;   <br>  <br>   13 December 2004 : 1pmET <br><br> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kathymcmahon.utvinternet.com\/mrn\/audio\/InsideTrackNews041213.mp3\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.kathymcmahon.utvinternet.com\/mrn\/audio\/InsideTrackNews041213.mp3<\/a> <br><br> \tThe House Judiciary Cmte., meeting in Columbus, Ohio to investigate  presidential election vote irregularities in the state, has heard  evidence that preparations to conduct a fraudulent recount are underway statewide. <br><br>   In early testimony, chairman of the forum, Rep. John <br>  <br> Conyers heard   from Green party presidential <br>  <br> candidate, David Cobb that employees of  punch card <br>  <br> vendor, Triad Governmental Systems, Inc. (Triad GSI) <br>  <br> are  attempting to orchestrate a fraudulent recount of <br>  <br> the 3 percent of precincts likely to be included in the first  <br>  <br> phase of the recount process. <br><br>   Cobb cited one case detailed by an --as yet <br>  <br> anonymous-- informant,  that a Triad GSI employee had <br>  <br> advised election staff to  inconspicuously note a prepared recount result, then report this data  irrespective of the actual recount. <br><br>   \"This is going on, all over the state,\" Cobb told <br>  <br> the hearing. <br>  <br>   <br><br>   The forum also heard evidence that over the weekend, <br>  <br> Secretary of  State Kenneth Blackwell, directed <br>  <br> election staff to interrupt a public inspection of <br>  <br> minority precincts in Greene County, and remove  <br>  <br> election poll books from two certified volunteers for <br>  <br> the Ohio Recount team who were checking them. <br><br>   Joan Quinn, a retired attorney said she was <br>  <br> hand-copying voter  discrepancies from precinct voting <br>  <br> books when officials in direct  contact with Mr. <br>  <br> Blackwells' office were instructed to \"lock down\"  the <br>  <br> records. <br><br>   Eve Robertson, a retired election official from <br>  <br> California corroborated that account and gave testimony that her interrupted  inspection was showing that minority <br>  <br> students --who seemed to have  voted overwhelmingly <br>  <br> for John Kerry-- comprised the bulk of the provisional <br>  <br> votes. <br><br>   John Bonifaz requested Rep. Conyers to formally <br>  <br> object to any declaration of a winner of the electoral <br>  <br> college vote on January 6th,  2005 --if a recount was <br>  <br> still underway or a different set of electors  had <br>  <br> been nominated for Ohio. <br><br>   Rep. John Conyers vowed that this was not the last <br>  <br> such meeting. He said Judiciary Cmte. staffers would <br>  <br> in coming days be meeting with witnesses and accepting <br>  <br> depositions. <br><br>   The hearing is continuing. <br><br>  <br>  <br>   Fintan Dunne, Editor <br>  <br>   &lt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.BreakForNews.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.BreakForNews.com<\/a> &gt;  <br>  <br>   13 Dec. 2005 @ 1pmET <br><br> \n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"  In early testimony, chairman of the forum, Rep. John Conyers heard   from Green party presidential candidate, David Cobb that employees of  punch card vendor, Triad Governmental Systems, Inc. (Triad GSI)\r\nare  attempting to orchestrate a fraudulent recount of the 3 percent of precincts likely to be included in the first  phase of the recount process.\r\n","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2004\/12\/120303.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}