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By Rick Armon
Beacon Journal staff writer
POSTED: 12:42 p.m. EDT, Oct 16, 2008
The Summit County Prosecutor's Office will investigate whether there was any intentional fraud by a Democratic poll worker who apparently incorrectly marked a ballot at a Cuyahoga Falls nursing home last Friday.
The incident led to a scuffle between two poll workers at the Gardens of Western Reserve.
The county Board of Elections referred the case to the prosecutor today after listening to Republican poll worker George P. Manos describe the incident.
A female nursing home resident wanted to vote for Republican presidential candidate John McCain, but her vote was marked for Democrat Barack Obama, he said.
When the 75-year-old Manos questioned the ballot, Democratic poll worker Edith Walker, 73, refused to show it to him and then jumped on his back when he took the ballot away from her, he said.
''I fell on my knees,'' Manos said. ''She was so heavy on my back.''
Walker did not attend the meeting. The board left a voicemail message for her and didn't hear back, elections board Director Marijean Donofrio said.
The nursing home resident also didn't attend.
Manos and Walker had worked as a team at three nursing homes helping residents cast their ballots in advance of the November election.
Walker gathered more than 65 ballots, leading elections board members to question whether there might be a problem with others.
But Manos didn't think so.
''The only one I saw a problem on was the one there,'' he said.
The Summit County Prosecutor's Office will investigate whether there was any intentional fraud by a Democratic poll worker who apparently incorrectly marked a ballot at a Cuyahoga Falls nursing home last Friday.
The incident led to a scuffle between two poll workers at the Gardens of Western Reserve.
The county Board of Elections referred the case to the prosecutor today after listening to Republican poll worker George P. Manos describe the incident.
A female nursing home resident wanted to vote for Republican presidential candidate John McCain, but her vote was marked for Democrat Barack Obama, he said.
When the 75-year-old Manos questioned the ballot, Democratic poll worker Edith Walker, 73, refused to show it to him and then jumped on his back when he took the ballot away from her, he said.
''I fell on my knees,'' Manos said. ''She was so heavy on my back.''
Walker did not attend the meeting. The board left a voicemail message for her and didn't hear back, elections board Director Marijean Donofrio said.
The nursing home resident also didn't attend.
Manos and Walker had worked as a team at three nursing homes helping residents cast their ballots in advance of the November election.
Walker gathered more than 65 ballots, leading elections board members to question whether there might be a problem with others.
But Manos didn't think so.
''The only one I saw a problem on was the one there,'' he said.
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Copley, OH
Posted 12:55 PM, 10/16/2008
When is the prosecutor going to investigate the fraudulent appraisal by the Summit County Fiscal officer of Don Plusquellec's house? The house was purchased last year for $269,000. His buddy appraised it for $182,000.
Akron, OH
Posted 03:04 PM, 10/16/2008
Smell the winds of change coming through the prosecutor's office. Could be a new prosecutor will abandon the slam & dunk stuff for a shot at the real crooks in this county. The politicians.
