https://www.loc.gov/item/2009284117/
About this Item
- Title
- What went wrong in Ohio : the Conyers report on the 2004 presidential election /
- Summary
- Report of an investigation into irregularities reported in the 2004 Presidential election in Ohio, compiled by the Democratic staff of the House Judiciary Committee.
- Contributor Names
- United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary.
- Created / Published
- Chicago : Academy Chicago Publishers, c2005.
- Subject Headings
- - Contested elections--Ohio
- - Minorities--Suffrage--Ohio
- - Presidents--United States--Election--2004
- - Elections--Ohio--Management
- Notes
- - Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-142).
- Medium
- xii, 142 p. ; 22 cm.
- Call Number/Physical Location
- JK526 2004 .U55 2005
- Digital Id
- http://www.house.gov/judiciary%5Fdemocrats/ohiostatusrept1505.pdf
- Library of Congress Control Number
- 2009284117
- Description
- Report of an investigation into irregularities reported in the 2004 Presidential election in Ohio, compiled by the Democratic staff of the House Judiciary Committee.
- LCCN Permalink
- https://lccn.loc.gov/2009284117
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But, have no fear, I found it, below, and it was not found in any U.S. governmental archive.
Now, why would someone allow such a prescient, historic report on voting irregularities be removed from the National Archives?
Perhaps, it was to seize the assets of the civil rights legacy.
But, hey, what do I know?
I know the U.S. Department of Justice should look into this.
Congress can not obviate if there is no precedent.
For your generalizable pleasure, we can now statistically reconstruct these investigations using databases, for external validity in the courts, of course.
Executive Summary
Representative John Conyers, Jr., the Ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, asked
We have found numerous, serious election irregularities in the Ohio presidential election, which resulted in a significant disenfranchisement of voters. Cumulatively, these irregularities, which affected hundreds of thousand of votes and voters in Ohio, raise grave doubts regarding whether it can be said the Ohio electors selected on December 13, 2004, were chosen in a manner that conforms to Ohio law, let alone federal requirements and constitutional standards.
This report, therefore, makes three recommendations: (1) consistent with the requirements of the United States Constitution concerning the counting of electoral votes by Congress and Federal law implementing these requirements, there are ample grounds for challenging the electors from the State of Ohio; (2) Congress should engage in further hearings into the widespread irregularities reported in Ohio; we believe the problems are serious enough to warrant the appointment of a joint select Committee of the House and Senate to investigate and report back to the Members; and (3) Congress needs to enact election reform to restore our people’s trust in our democracy. These changes should include putting in place more specific federal protections for federal elections, particularly in the areas of audit capability for electronic voting machines and casting and counting of provisional ballots, as well as other needed changes to federal and state election laws.
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