Ohio Primary Election - May 2, 2006

[Post at top for all of Election Day. See below for newer entries.]
The extent of my involvement with the State of Ohio Blogger (S.O.B.) Alliance has been somewhat compromised recently by other obligations but it does not deter from my strong support of the alliance and other members' efforts. They have been providing timely reports on the run-up to the primary election and have made preparations to have election day stories and results live blogged.

Readers interested in primary election voting and candidate information can go to the Ohio Voter Information Guide.

Live-blogging of election day reports, stories, and results will be at the State of Ohio Blogger Alliance HQ. Contributors will be providing reports throughout the day from all over the state. If readers have any breaking stories worth publishing, contact any of the SOB Alliance members or leave a comment.

As for endorsements, Interested-Participant supports Ken Blackwell for Ohio Governor and Bill Pierce for U.S. Senator. Ken Blackwell and Bill Pierce reflect conservative cultural and political values that are sorely needed. Mike DeWine has been performing an ersatz Republican role and needs to be recalled from Washington. I may weigh in later on other races.


[Update 11pm]

I've been following the fine coverage at the SOB Alliance HQ page. Go visit.

Nutshell results:

Blackwell and Strickland will vie for Governor,
DeWine and Brown will vie for U.S. Senator.

Sadly, Bill Pierce wasn't able to make inroads on DeWine.

The Cuyahoga County Board of Elections is being criticized about polling places and workers being unprepared. New Diebold voting machines weren't working properly (access cards failed to work and paper trails jammed). There also was no power available at one location because of a problem with power plugs. Election officials are blaming Diebold and calling for an investigation.

Cleveland voting machine problems prompted a decision to keep some polling places open later. Absentee ballots will also require hand-counting and the tally won't be available until tomorrow.

A case of voter rage was reported at a polling station on Jennings Road in Cleveland. Marc Fenster arrived at 9:30 am and starting beating on the machines. That ain't right, but I understand.

It looks as though perky, lefty cheerleader Capri Cafaro won't win the Ohio 13th Democrat Congressional Primary. She is trailing Betty Sutton by a handful of percentage points.

And, although I still haven't found the words in the Ohio Constitution mandating that every school district offer up multiple school tax levies repeatedly until passed, it appears that all districts were in compliance. I think one levy took nine tries before they could sneak it by the voters. Of course, that may be an exaggeration.