Democratic Headquarters Burglarized in Ohio

Counterspin Central
Friday, October 15, 2004:
RED ALERT! GOP ELECTION THEFT IN OHIO!



This is extremely serious and urgent. Everyone must do whatever they can to expose this, help the Ohio Democratic party, and contact the DNC and the Kerry campaign -- immediately! This could literally swing the election!

The Lucas County Democratic Headquarters was burglarized overnight, and three computers, including the party's main system, were stolen.

The computers contained highly sensitive information, including the party's financial information, names and personal phone numbers of hundreds of party members, candidates, and volunteers.

The computers also stored e-mails from candidates that included discussion about campaign strategy.

A second computer, belonging to an attorney-volunteer working to ensure voters' rights, also was taken, officials said. The headquarters on 1817 Madison Avenue does have an alarm system that volunteers believed they set late Monday when they left."
The thieves knew exactly what to steal.

And, someone with knowledge of the situation informed me that the this will seriously hamper the Democrats' get out the vote efforts in Ohio, and may dampen Democratic turnout and possibly swing the state to Bush! Lucas County is heavily Democratic, and any drop off in voter participation there will be singularly damaging to John Kerry and the Democrats.

The suspicion is that this was an inside job, because there were no valuables taken by the thieves except the computers. The belief is that the GOP infiltrated the HQ, and orchestrated another Watergate style break-in.

Contact anyone you can think of to get the word out. Make this a huge deal. I have contacted who I can. But we need to coordinate this.

UPDATE: One thing you can do, immediately, is contribute money to the Democratic party, so they can expand their Get Out the Vote efforts in Ohio and other critical swning states.

Still, you need to alert the media, contact the Democratic campaigns in Ohio and ask what you can do to help (you can do so by contacting Americans Coming Together as well), and just make sure this is on the DNC and Kerry campaign's radar screen.

We will NOT let these bastards steal this election like they did in 2000.