Buckeye State Blog - Ken Blackwell ordered to "donate" money to County Democratic Party...... - Comments

yeah

staff — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 09:47:29 -0700

that's the only sucky part. Still GOP candidates have been getting a crap load of tax payers money for year (coingate!)

not blackwell's money

Nifty Lawrence — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 09:44:40 -0700

I'd love to see Blackwell have to pay this out of his own pocket.

I guess it's....

modernesquire — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 15:48:35 -0700

a good thing that George Bush raised all that money yesterday.

14 cents ?

staff — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 15:31:37 -0700

Where the heck did they get the 14 cents from ? LOL Ken is the gift that keeps on giving.

Ken Blackwell ordered to "donate" money to County Democratic Party......

modernesquire — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 14:26:24 -0700

LOL, seriously, I'm not making this up...

From Openers:

Blackwell ordered to pay up

The 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals today told Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell to open his wallet and pay $64,613.14 for attorney fees to the Sandusky County Democratic Party.

The party sued Republican Blackwell prior to the 2004 presidential elections over his delay in telling county boards of election they could let voters cast "provisional" ballots. The Help America Vote Act, enacted in 2002, permitted provisional ballots but Blackwell didn't get around to sending out his first directive until mid-September 2004.

The plantiffs weren't happy with that notice and successfully got a court injunction ordering Blackwell to send the boards a second, more complete and accurate set of instructions.

Blackwell appealed a district court's award of attorney fees to the Sandusky Democrats. The U.S. appeals court said no dice and ordered Blackwell to pony up.

Gee, I wonder what they'll use the $$$ for?