The reputable Bob Fitrakis, who looked into the 2004 election irregularities in Ohio, didn't take long to write an article with Harvey Wasserman, claiming that the Republican Party may have their hands in stealing another election.
He cites the fact that Paul Hackett was within 900 votes - until a mysterious "computer glitch" gave Schmidt an extra 5,000 votes.
Quoting from Fitrakis' article:
A full 88% of the district's precincts had then reported, including more than half those in Clermont. As in Florida 2000 and Ohio 2004, it looked like a cliffhanger. Schmidt's lead was less than 900 votes.
Clermont's "technical malfunction" with optical scan readers was blamed on the humidity. Election officials said the southern Ohio summer had soaked into the ballots, making it hard to pass them through opti-scan machines.
Once the problem was "solved," Schmidt picked up more than enough votes to guarantee victory. The percentages by which she won in the post-glitch vote count were far higher than those by which she had been winning prior to the glitch. Vote counts were also higher than expected in the strongest Schmidt precincts.
And it couldn't even be investigated before they declared the winner.
But along with Al Gore in 2000 and John Kerry in 2004, Paul Hackett has became another Democratic candidate whose campaign went suddenly and mysteriously down to defeat late in the evening of a close election. Amidst the obligatory computer glitches, the GOP candidate was declared the winner before the vote count could be investigated.
Take the time to read Fitrakis' full article, with information on Tom Noe, and the election fraud in 2004 by the Republicans:
http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_bob_fitr_050805_did_the_gop_steal_an.htm
Thanks.