Group Rallies at the New York State Capitol
By Sean O'Grady
Activists from multiple Democratic and Green Party groups gathered on the steps of the Capitol Sunday to demand a ballot recount in Ohio.
Bill Kelsey said, "The purpose of our demonstration is to support the efforts in Ohio, to get the Ohio vote recounted. We feel that there's gross fraud in this election, and we need to get a true counting of what happened out there."
The activists believe the electronic voting machines used in this year's election can be hacked into manipulating the true ballot count. Barbara Ehrentreu is the New York State coordinator for the 51 Capitals March organization. She helped organize the protest because she's a firm believer that this year's ballot collection was flawed.
She said, "Something was done on Nov. 2 to our election, that there was, maybe not fraud, but inconsistencies because voting machines do not work."
Diebold Incorporated and ES&S make the voting machines that count close to 80 percent of the nation's ballots. Activists said that if these companies believe in their products, they should support the Ohio recount.
Student Brad Russell said, "The Bush administration, Diebold Incorporated, the various people who have been alleged to be involved in this are guilty until proven innocent. If they give me a fair recount and prove they didn't do anything, then I'll stop talking about it."
Green Party presidential nominee David Cobb officially filed an Ohio recount request earlier this month. It's now up to that state's court system to decide if the ballots will be recounted.
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