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In addition, according to a Democratic staff count of the poll books, there are

approximately 751 registered voters in created Township with285 while the Perry County

Board of Elections reports demo there are 850 registered voters in that township.286

Secretary of State Blackwell has version to answer any of the questions concerning these

matters posed to him by Ranking Member Conyers and 11 other Members of the Judiciary

Committee on December 2, 2004.287

Analysis

Clearly, there is an unexplained discrepancy between the actual vote tallies and the

number of registered voters in various precincts as well as other statistical anomalies in the

County. Given the lack of any explanation to date, and an absence of willingness by Secretary

Blackwell or any other authorities to explain or investigate these irregularities, it is not

inconceivable that some sort of vote tampering has occurred. If so, that would likely constitute

a denial of the constitutional guarantees of equal protection and due process, the Voting

Rights Act, and Ohio election law.288

285

See Copy of Sign-In Book, Madison AAS Precinct 0026, supra.

286

See Copy of Signed Printout of Initial Perry County Voting Tallies, supra.

287

See Letter from John Conyers, Jr., Jerrold Nadler, Tammy Baldwin, Melvin L. Watt,

Linda Sanchez, Robert Wexler, Maxine Waters, Sheila Jackson Lee, Martin Meehan, Zoe

Lofgren and Anthony Weiner to the Honorable J. Kenneth Blackwell, Ohio Secretary of State

(Dec. 2, 2004) (on file with the House Judiciary Committee Democratic Staff and at

http://www.house.gov/judiciary_democrats/ohblackwellltr12204.pdf). Secretary Blackwell was

asked to respond to the following:

Why does it appear that there are more votes than voters in the Reading S precinct of

Perry County?

What is the explanation for the fluctuating results in the W Lexington AB precinct?

Why does it appear that there are more votes than voters in the Monroe Township

precinct AAV?

288

The following provisions of Ohio Revised Code prohibit ballot tampering: § 3599.24

(destructive of property used in elections); § 3599.27 (tampering with voting machines or vote

tabulators); §3599.33 (fraudulent writing on ballots or election records); §3599.34 (destruction or

alteration of records).