Cuyahoga County commissioners want presidential primary postponed
What will the three stooges think of next.
Voting machines source of worry
Plain Dealer Reporter
While other states jockey for power in the presidential nomination process by moving up their primaries, Cuyahoga County commissioners want Ohio's to be moved back.
The commissioners are concerned that the voting equipment used in Ohio's largest county won't be able to handle that big election, and they want to give the Cuyahoga Board of Elections and the secretary of state time to consider options, including changing the voting equipment.
They recently asked Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner to consider moving the primary from March to May, where it had been in the past. Copies of their letter also went to the governor and leaders of the Ohio House and Senate.
"Ohio's not going to have a great deal of influence in choosing the Republican or Democratic [presidential] nominee," Commissioner Tim Hagan said recently of the current primary date. "Probably 75 percent of the delegates will already be decided by then."
Brunner said she had floated the commissioners' idea to several Ohio lawmakers and: "I just heard silence. I don't see a big interest.
"But I mentioned it to a group of board of elections officials, who were enthusiastic."
The commissioners' idea, while serious, is also a way for them to alert state officials of their grave concerns over whether the voting machines can handle the upcoming presidential primary and November election and the amount of money the county may again have to fork over to ensure successful elections.
"We're captives to our technology," Hagan said. "We've outsourced our elections to private corporations."
Cuyahoga County had a successful gubernatorial election last November, but it spent more than $8 million beyond what was budgeted to pay for everything from poll worker training to extra voting machines to a special consultant to oversee the election, in addition to the board's director and deputy director.
The commissioners' letter to Brunner included a comparison showing how the cost of holding elections in Cuyahoga is higher than in other counties.
posted by RonL at 10:30 AM
6 Comments:
what a bunch of idiots
Does Cuyahoga Couty ALWAYS have to be the laughing stock of Ohio?
If not the laughingstock Cuyahoga is the idiot cousin that the whole family has to keep getting out of trouble.
For those of you from the rest of the state-- there really are several of us who are embarrassed and would like to get rid of the three stooges (commissioners).
Good point.
With the Three Stooges on the County level and The Mayor Jackass of Cleveland, it is amazing that Ohio still claims us.
I can only imagine that the silence that was met after making the request was everyone in the room considering if it would be an option to sanction off Cuyahoga County to Canada.
we need to get rid of them but you husy know who OUR retarded leaders want, another democrat.... Debbie Sutherland!
Oh, for crying out loud! Sutherland?!?!?!?! She been in bed with Demora since day one! (ok, not literally 'in bed', per se, but you know what I mean)
I gotta stop reading this stuff before I end up in the hospital with chest pains (again).
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