The latest cry from the left is that Ken Blackwell, Ohio's current Secretary of State, should not be allowed to run the election in November as it's a conflict of interest. From the
AP:
COLUMBUS — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, viewed as the Democratic Party's presidential front-runner, cautioned a crowd of 3,000 activists Monday to watch Ohio's fall election "like a hawk" — blasting long lines and voting machine shortages in 2004 and accusing the state's Republican chief elections officer of a conflict of interest.
Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell's campaign for governor accused Clinton, in turn, of an ignorance of Ohio law, which allows the elections leader to run for partisan office and places bipartisan county boards in charge of much that happens on election days.
Maybe Hillary would like to comment on Chet Culver, Iowa's current Commissioner of Elections and the Democratic candidate for Governor.
Culver says his partisanship is a good thing:
"I am proud to be the Commissioner of Elections, the State Registrar of Voters," Culver says. "We've had a tradition in this state of having a partisan in that office to make sure that someone is held accountable and responsible."
For those that remember, Iowa was the last state to certify its election results in 2004, some weeks after the election. Prior to the election, Culver was criticized by Republicans for sending out a "voting guide" that included an application for an absentee ballot. Traditionally, the absentee vote has helped Democrats in Iowa. And on election day, Culver said this: Another wild card is the 60,000 absentee ballots that were requested but have not yet been returned, he said.
As long as those absentee ballots were postmarked on or before November 1 and are received by noon Monday, November 8, they will be counted, he said.
Care to comment Hillary?
