the party.
In Ohio, a crucial swing state with 21 electoral votes, Republican Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell ruled against counties wanting to use electronic balloting systems to protect it from being 2004’s recount state.
Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, said, “We are going to ask the attorney general to protect every citizen’s right to vote. Not that we expect him to do something. We just want to put him on notice to remind him what we will be doing.”