''No Holiday for Vote Thieves''

This new article in the Black Commentator focuses on the role of John Conyers in the investigation of the Ohio vote: "Although he would disagree with the notion, Rep. John Conyers is acting as 'our' Special Prosecutor." Update: A devoted reader requests that I highlight this quote from the Black Commentator article mentioned above: ”Overt racism by right-wing Republicans is the core dynamic at work here, but it is aided and abetted by invisibility racism found in left commentators and media reports, who fail to center the civil rights struggle. An issue that is clearly about racism and civil rights has been whitewashed into ‘voter fraud’ generica. Type one racism answered with type two.” If you believe in Santa, maybe he is responsible for this seasonal gift: a front page story in the New York Times, "Voting Problems in Ohio Spur Call for Overhaul." Their voting "problem" poster child is an economics professor at Ohio University. His plight: he moved during the summer but "failed to notify the Athens County Board of Elections until the day before the presidential election. An official told him to use a provisional ballot. But under Ohio law, provisional ballots are valid only when cast from a voter's correct precinct. Mr. Shambora was given a ballot for the wrong precinct, a fact he did not learn until after the election. Two weeks later, the board discarded his vote, adding him to a list of more than 300 provisional ballots that were rejected in that heavily Democratic county." Update: "Jackson says Kerry conceded too soon: "Contending that Ohio's 2004 election results were more troubling than Florida's four years ago, the Rev. Jesse Jackson said yesterday that Democratic presidential candidate Senator John F. Kerry called it quits too soon. ''Kerry conceded much too quickly, before the facts were in," Jackson said in a conference call with reporters to discuss an ongoing challenge to Ohio's election results." Stuck in an airport with time on your hands? Here's roundup of election fraud stories from TomPaine.com, including Greg Palast's November 4th article, "Kerry Won."