Tuesday, April 04, 2006

Blackwell Owned Diebold Shares

According to the Associated Press:

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The state's top elections official said Monday he accidentally invested in a company that makes voting machines.

Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell, who is seeking the Republican nomination for governor, said he discovered the shares for Diebold Inc. while preparing a required filing for the Ohio Ethics Commission.

"While I was unaware of this stock in my portfolio, its mere presence may be viewed as a conflict and is therefore not acceptable," he said in a letter included in his filing.


Blackwell is using the "I didn't know they were in my blind trust" defense - a popular one amongst Republicans who are caught with their pants down.

The Diebold voting machines were at the center of a huge scandal involving possible voter fraud in Ohio following the 2004 elections and Blackwell was in the middle of the entire mess. Now there's a guy Ohio should have as its next governor - NOT!

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