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| Kerry to Enter Ohio Recount Fray |
| Friday, December 24, 2004 |
John Kerry is filing papers in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio in support of a recount effort in that state, reports Truthout.
At the center of the Kerry filing are motions to preserve and discover � expeditiously � information regarding the Triad Systems voting machines used in Election 2004.
Sherole Eaton, deputy director of elections for Hocking County, swore an affidavit describing how she witnessed tampering of the electronic voting equipment by a Triad representative.
Kerry lost the Ohio vote by a narrow margin and therefore has the necessary standing to get results from the court. Heretofore the original complainants, the Green and Libertarian parties, have been unsuccessful in their recount efforts � since no recount would deliver Ohio to either party.
According to the Truthout report, the Democratic Party is also quietly putting financial resources into the Ohio recount effort.
The report cited the effectiveness of telephone calls and letters to Kerry to challenge the election.
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