Sure. Conyers is a partisan hack who ignores facts. Example:
Allegation: Blackwell is responsible for "misallocation of voting machines led to unprecedented long lines that disenfranchised scores, if not hundreds of thousands, of predominantly Minority and Democratic Voters."
Fact: the machines were allocated by local BOEs, which are 50:50 Democrat/Republican. People in the BOEs are not appointed by Blackwell, they are placed there by respective party apparatus. In the most egregious case of long lines (Franklin county) the person who was responsible for machine allocation was the chairman of the Franklin County Democratic Party.
[From the Columbus Dispatch, December 12, 2004]
The idea that Democratic election officials disenfranchised voters in minority and Democratic precincts offends William A. Anthony Jr., chairman of the Franklin County Democratic Party and of the Franklin County Election Board, who was at the center of planning for the Nov. 2 election.
He was particularly incensed after the Rev. Jesse Jackson recently repeated the allegations and called for an investigation of the Ohio election.
I am a black man,'' Anthony said.Why would I sit there and disenfranchise voters in my own community? I feel like they’re accusing me of suppressing the black vote. I’ve fought my whole life for people’s right to vote.’’
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So - Conyers misrepresented this. Did he mention at all that in lots of the "misallocated" counties the people who were reponsible for misallocation were Democrats. He didn’t? How could that be - he is an objective observer, not a partisan hack, is he?
Sure. Conyers is a partisan hack who ignores facts. Example:
Allegation: Blackwell is responsible for "misallocation of voting machines led to unprecedented long lines that disenfranchised scores, if not hundreds of thousands, of predominantly Minority and Democratic Voters."
Fact: the machines were allocated by local BOEs, which are 50:50 Democrat/Republican. People in the BOEs are not appointed by Blackwell, they are placed there by respective party apparatus. In the most egregious case of long lines (Franklin county) the person who was responsible for machine allocation was the chairman of the Franklin County Democratic Party.
[From the Columbus Dispatch, December 12, 2004]
The idea that Democratic election officials disenfranchised voters in minority and Democratic precincts offends William A. Anthony Jr., chairman of the Franklin County Democratic Party and of the Franklin County Election Board, who was at the center of planning for the Nov. 2 election.
He was particularly incensed after the Rev. Jesse Jackson recently repeated the allegations and called for an investigation of the Ohio election.
I am a black man,'' Anthony said.Why would I sit there and disenfranchise voters in my own community? I feel like they’re accusing me of suppressing the black vote. I’ve fought my whole life for people’s right to vote.’’============================
So - Conyers misrepresented this. Did he mention at all that in lots of the "misallocated" counties the people who were reponsible for misallocation were Democrats. He didn’t? How could that be - he is an objective observer, not a partisan hack, is he?