"There was no doubt in my mind that Kerry had enough votes. My fear was the votes would not be counted and that's been borne out," Hedden said. The crowd braved winds over 15 mph and temperatures in the mid-40s to listen to speakers who claimed Ohio voters were the victims of a fraud that took votes from Kerry and gave them to Bush. Some compared it with the current election troubles in Eastern Europe."-from the AP story in the Cleveland Plain Dealer tonight. Update: Knight Ridder has a wrap-up: "RECOUNT TO BE SOUGHT BASED ON ALLEGATIONS OF FRAUD." So does the Missoula Independent. Caption of Columbus Rally photo: "Melissa Hedden holds a sign during a rally to draw attention to irregularities and possible fraud in the way elections officials counted the votes that gave President Bush a slim victory, at the Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio." Here's a different protest rally. Update: OOPS! in Toledo. A new site, Ohio Election Fraud, by New York attorney Ray Beckerman, has audio of Saturday's Columbus Protest Rally and related news.On the other hand, the Cleveland Plain Dealer "downplays and frames" the story thusly: "Conspiracy theories on Ohio vote refuse to die." In Chicago yesterday, "Hundreds of members of Chicago's Ukrainian community went to the plaza wearing orange scarfs, orange caps, orange jackets and orange ribbons" to protest the election in the Ukraine. "Slow-Rolling Democracy in Ohio" describes how "political allies appear to be slow-rolling a requested recount in Ohio, leaving so little time that even if widespread voting fraud is discovered, the finding will come too late to derail Bush’s second term:" Time to start dusting for Rove's fingerprints, again.
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