Topic: Kenneth Blackwell

OH treasurer no-show at deposit board

Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel hasn't attended a single monthly meeting of the powerful but mundane state board that decides which banks will hold...
Posted on 07/21/11 at 1:07pm by John Thorpe . Three generations from now, when our great-grandchildren are sitting barefoot in their shanties and...
Group that fought gambling plan in Ohio backed by conservative Christian groupsIt is not a registered nonprofit, though it bears a nonprofit's Web identity. It has no board of directors, no campaign finance filing history, and no paperwork on file with ...

Gizzi on Politics

Who's Up and Who's Down After RNC Chairman Debate?What moderator Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) dubbed correctly as the " first debate ever" among candidates for the chairmanship Republican National Committee (RNC) concluded the afternoon of Monday ...

Conservatives Seek RNC Chairman Debate

If many of the country's conservative leaders have their way, after candidates for chairman of the Republican National Committee respond to a detailed questionnaire they have been sent, they will appear in a public debate before the party selects its leader ...

Voting Concerns Persist as Election Nears

Presidential and Congressional elections are about a month away, so this is a good time to revisit the state of voting machine security.. AlterNet this week posted a long interview Friedman conducted with Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner. Brunner defeated Kenneth ...
The thorn in the FEC's side, Hans von Spakovsky, will be testifying tomorrow in front of the House Judiciary Committee on the 2004 Elections. None other than Ohio's controversial former Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell (R).The hearing starts at ...
Seventeen employees of Ohio's former elections chief must return $80,534 in bonuses and severance payments approved by their former boss as a result of a state audit released Tuesday.. State Auditor Mary Taylor said the payments authorized by former Secretary ...
Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) may be riding what seems to be a perfect wave toward the Democratic presidential nomination, but some African-Americans say his pro-abortion stance make him a danger to the black community.. "We want every American citizen to know this ...

Ohio Governor: Strickland Lead Narrows to 12

Ohio's troubled economy and corruption scandals have given Democratic Congressman Ted Strickland a persistent advantage over Republican Secretary of State Ken Blackwell in the race for Governor here.Strickland maintains a double-digit advantage. As Election Day draws closer, though, his margin ...