Friday, April 07, 2006

Counting On Cuyahoga

In the wake of indictments by special prosecutor Kevin Baxter over the 2004 recount, the Democratic members of the Cuyahoga County Board Of Elections, Edward C. Coaxum, Jr. and Loree K. Soggs, should demand the resignation of the three members indicted plus that of executive director Michael Vu.

Upon receipt of these resignations, they themselves should tender their own resignations to the board. If these members were unaware of the mischief in the recount, they weren't doing their jobs, if they did know they were obviously complicit. Action taken by the Cuyahoga Democratic party in this case must be both swift and serious. It is imperative to Democratic voters that they know that their votes will be counted even if the results are irrelevant, and Cuyahoga County has the most Democratic voters in the state. The party must do their part to force the resignations if they aren't offered voluntarily.

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