Rove, GOP "Hacking the 2004 Vote in Ohio" Case Hinges on Cyber Security Expert

OhioNewsBureau

COLUMBUS, OHIO: Mainstream media reports last week by the Columbus Dispatch and the Associated Press on the announcement by two election lawyers in Ohio that the GOP, in a grand plan concocted by GOP strategists, among them Karl Rove, sought to corrupt elections by erecting a virtually undetectable cyber system that would tilt close elections to Republicans, were fast and fleeting.

OhioNewsBureau was present last Thursday for the press conference held by Cliff Arnebeck and Bob Fitrakis in the Leveque Tower in Columbus, Ohio’s capital city. The two attorneys announced they are seeking various documents including emails and contributor names from Karl Rove and the US Chamber of Commerce. They are hoping to resuscitate a moribund case filed in federal court in 2006 that sought to prove that GOP cyber operatives tilted the Ohio election enough, by suppressing certain voters groups who tend to rally to progressive candidates, that final state voting tally and the presidency it assured went for George W. Bush.

Monthly Job Figure, Unemployment Rate Up

OhioNewsBureau

COLUMBUS, OHIO: A roundup of Ohio news for Friday shows the Attorney General setting new outstanding debt collection records, a rise in both the rate of state unemployment and over-the-month job increases and the latest nuance in legal parrying over initiative language that seeks to ask voters to overturn a law that capped at 28 percent the rate a payday lender can charge for a two week loan.

AG Sets New Record for Outstanding Debt Collected

A new record of $344 million was set for outstanding debt collection in fiscal year 2008 by the Office of Ohio Attorney General, according to a media release received by the OhioNewsBureau.