Summary: Public Records Now Search Order 1 - Special Unbelievable
Public Records Now Search Order 1 - What Do You Think Of This Destruction Of 1500000 Balots From The 2004 Presidential Election In Ohio--?here is a copy of the article (source at the bottom)
The Free Press: Speaking Truth to Power Tue Oct 09 2007
Departments
Election Issues
The dog ate my homework
by Richard Hayes Phillips and Patricia Paddy Shaffer
August 3 2007
The following table is a compilation of excuses for the destruction of some or all of the records from the 2004 presidential election in Ohio. The statements are excerpted from the letters of explanation submitted in April 2007 by certain Boards of Election to the office of Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner which were provided to us in response to a public records request.
According to the Columbus Dispatch (56 Ohio counties failed to keep ballots August 2 2007) Brunner stated that there is no evidence that ballots were intentionally destroyed. We respectfully refer her to the letters of explanation from Fayette and Warren counties both of which state in these exact words that some or all ballots were intentionally destroyed. We also refer her to the letters of explanation from Allen Champaign Fairfield Hancock Hardin Holmes Logan Marion Medina Monroe Montgomery Morrow Paulding Perry Putnam Sandusky Seneca Shelby and Stark counties all of which state in other words that some or all ballots were intentionally destroyed.
Adams � does not have in its possession
Allen � water damage and subsequently destroyed
Ashland � mistakenly destroyed
Ashtabula � (BOE) inadvertently disposed of
(Prosecuting Attorney) inadvertently discarded and destroyed
Athens � inadvertently discarded
Auglaize
Belmont
Brown � accidentally destroyed or have been misplaced
Butler � unintentionally discarded into a Rumpke dumpster
Carroll
Champaign � these items have always been destroyed
Clark � those ballots were shredded
Clermont � unable to locate No one remembers specifically discarding the ballots. There is a possibility that the ballots will surface
Clinton � not found
Columbiana
Coshocton
Crawford
Cuyahoga
Darke
Defiance
Delaware
Erie � does not have unaware we needed to keep
Fairfield � They would have been shredded as we have a contract with Shred-It for disposal of all election materials.
Fayette � intentionally destroyed
Franklin
Fulton
Gallia
Geauga
Greene
Guernsey - destroyed in error due to the county maintenance worker when collecting trash
Hamilton - inadvertently shredded
Hancock � did not have to be retained and these items were destroyed
Hardin � destroyed prior to the court order
Harrison
Henry
Highland
Hocking
Holmes � a shelving unit collapsed onto a side table holding a working coffee maker. Many of the stored items had to be destroyed due to broken glass and hot coffee
Huron
Jackson � may have been destroyed pursuant to retention schedule Another possibility is that (the ballots were) accidentally destroyed
Jefferson
Knox
Lake
Lawrence
Licking
Logan � we were instructed by the previous Director to destroy
Lorain
Lucas
Madison
Mahoning � accidentally disposed of (by) the Mahoning County Green Team
Marion � destroyed pursuant to the retention schedule
Medina � destroyed following the record retention schedule
Meigs
Mercer � were not found we will continue to search
Miami
Monroe � according to our retention schedule we were allowed to dispose of
Montgomery � We did not receive formal notice from the courts prior to preparing the certificate of destruction. In addition we contacted our county prosecutor for further authorization.
Morgan
Morrow � it does not say to in the retention schedule.
Muskingum
Noble
Ottawa
Paulding � destroyed after the official and the recounts were certified
Perry � destroyed shortly after the election
Pickaway
Pike
Portage
Preble � First: unable to find thought it likely they had been inadvertently discarded Second: Ballots are buried in County landfill and are not capable of being replicated.
Putnam � destroyed for security purposes
Richland � destroyed or lost by the movers or by our staff
Ross � unable to duplicate these ballots
Sandusky � Our ballots were stacked all over our office and we had them picked up at the first opportunity.
Scioto � (some) unable to locate unknown whether the ballots were accidentally destroyed or have been otherwise misplaced. (some) released and shredded
Seneca � The ballots were disposed of during the first week of September
Shelby � destroyed pursuant to the retention schedule do not remember the date they were shredded
Stark � destroyed prior to notification of Judge Marbley�s order
Summit
Trumbull
Tuscarawas
Union
Van Wert � unable to find We assume that these ballots were discarded.
Vinton
Warren � The ballots were intentionally destroyed.
Washington
Wayne
Williams
Wood
Wyandot
http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2007/2731
oops that first line should read ballots
EDIT--they were require by court order to keep them due to the 57000 voting irregularities many in Ohio and some people have already been jailed for election fraud in Ohio.
The new secretary of state and attorney general (democrats) campaigned and stated at voting rights conferences that all would be investigated and people jailed if fraud discovered and now they are trying to get out of their promises. Activists in Ohio worked tirelessly discovering problems via public records requests etc. Blackwell broke several Ohio election laws during the recount and was never charged with a crime. - Public Records Now Search Order 1