Thread by @nimkef

Michael Louis Connell (30 Nov 1963 – 19 Dec 2008) Republican consultant subpoenaed regarding alleged tampering with the 2004 U.S. election and a case involving 1000's of missing emails re: the political firing of U.S. Attorneys. Connell was killed in a plane crash

Federal investigators are looking into a small plane crash in Ohio which claimed the life of its pilot, a Republican media consultant who was instrumental in the presidential and gubernatorial campaigns of three members of the Bush Family.

cbsnews.com/news/republica…

Following the fatal accident, CBS Affiliate WOIO reported that Connell, who had recently been subpoenaed to testify in relation to a lawsuit alleging vote rigging in the 2004 Ohio election, was warned at least twice about flying his plane because his plane might be sabotaged.

He was founder and CEO of Cleveland-based New Media Communications, which built Web sites for President Bush and former presidential nominee John McCain, according to the company's Web site. He was also chief IT consultant for Karl Rove.

In 2000, Connell cofounded with his wife Heather GovTech Solutions to pursue government contracts.

GovTech's clients for databases, content management systems and other services included the White House, the Energy Department, several Republican-led Congressional committees

missing White House e-mails relating to the firing of U.S. Attorneys and other topics, and the fate of e-mails sent by Rove and other admin staffers which were sent via a Republican Party Web site, gwb43 com, rather than through a whitehouse gov address.

Transcript of Michael Connell's testimony in
King Lincoln Bronzeville Neighborhood Association et al v. J. Kenneth Blackwell et al

docs.justia.com/cases/federal/…

Interestingly, I've been unable to access the text of this article written by RFK for Rolling Stone on it's website. Here it is entered as evidence along side Connell's testimony

1 June 2006
Was The 2004 Election Stolen?

docs.justia.com/cases/federal/…

Tactics For Stealing An Election (2004)

Vote tampering
Excess turnout
Electronic Voting Machine employee tampering
Interfering with election observers
Fake terrorist threat to enable ballot counting in secret
Destruction of emails

Slow tabulation of votes/Late night tampering

Next Step: Rigging the Recounts

Remote manipulation of tabulation servers by electronic voting hardware providers, post-election

How did the media and the government institutions responsible for election integrity respond to all these irregularities? SILENCE

Well @senatemajldr tried to clean things up but was accused of attempting to disenfranchise the "urban poor" for wanting voters to provide Photo ID and his amendment to the immigration bill failed to pass.

Also Georgia had a voter ID law ruled unconstitutional

https://twitter.com/jennycohn1/status/903731946512977920?s=20

2008: "A new Government Accountability Office report on voting system testing finds that the Election Assistance Commission has not notified election officials across the country about electronic voting machine failures."

cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/…

"And a new study by Common Cause and the Century Foundation finds that 10 very vital swing states have significant voting problems that have not been addressed since the last election."

Colorado
Florida
Georgia
Michigan
Missouri
New Mexico
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Wisconsin