Wednesday, January 12, 2005

Fought on Principle, and Lost

Well it's finally over. GW's electoral victory has been certified and the lawsuit in Ohio has been dropped. The Air America crowd really thought they had something with this suit and that maybe this time, the Florida 2000 loss would be avenged. Such is life perhaps. One can only hope that with each election and post-election scrutiny we'll come closer to legitamate results than in elections past. Bev and the Blackboxvote.com crowd got further this time than in 2000. Maybe in 2008 they'll actually be abe to prevent voter fraud in the first place. This from NewsMax.com:

Ohio Court Dismisses Election Challenges

The Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a challenge from voters to the presidential election in light of last week's certification of the electoral vote and the upcoming inauguration.

A lawyer for the plaintiffs, a group of 37 voters, had moved Tuesday to drop the lawsuit, saying it is now moot. The high court agreed without comment to dismiss it.

Citing fraud, the suit had asked the court to examine several problems with voting procedures in the hopes of overturning President Bush's victory in the state.

The election turned on Ohio's 20 electoral college votes, and not until preliminary results were available early Nov. 3 did Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry concede.

Attorney Cliff Arnebeck, who represented the voters, wanted the court to examine several Election Day problems such as long lines, a shortage of voting machines in predominantly minority neighborhoods and problems with computer equipment.

Arnebeck said Tuesday the voters couldn't expect to win the suit given the congressional certification of the electoral votes last week and the inauguration next week.

The voters' challenge to the re-election of state Chief Justice Thomas Moyer was also dismissed at their request. © 2005 The Associated Press

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