Coshocton County Board of Elections
724 S. 7th Street, Room 100
Phone 622-1117 COSHOCTON, OHIO 43812
DECEMBER 27,   2004
TIMOTHY J.   KETTLER
29674 TR 30
WARSAW, OHIO  43844
I AM WRITING THIS LETTER TO ANSWER THE MANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE REQUESTED PER YOUR LETTER DTD, DECEMBER 19, 2004.
(1.)  THE VOTE TOTALS THAT YOU WERE GIVE FOR THE RECOUNT WERE CERTIFIED TOTALS GIVEN TO THE SECRETARY OF STATES OFFICE ON DECEMBER 10, 2004.   THEY WERE AMENDED TOTALS. AS FAR AS THE WEB SITE FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATES OFFICE, I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY OF THESE REPORTS.
AFTER EACH ELECTION OUR VOTED BALLOTS ARE RERAN THROUGH THE SAME COUNTER THAT THEY WERE ON ELECTION NIGHT. ALL TOTALS WERE AGAIN THE SAME,  DURING THE TIME OF HAND POSTING ELECTION CERTIFIED RESULTS ON OUR ABSTRACT MANY OF THE FIGURES WERE UNUSUAL LOOKING.  THEREFOR KATHY AND MYSELF PULLED SEVERAL PRECINCTS AND HAND COUNTED THE PRSSIDENTAL RACE ONLY, FINDING MANY ERRORS IN TOTALS THAT WERE CERTIFED TO THE SECRETARY OF STATES OFFICE.  MANY OF THE ERRORS IN TOTALS WERE NOTED TO HAVE BEEN COUNTED ON THE 550 COUNTER, WHERE TOTALS ON THE 150 COUNTER WERE STILL REMAINING THE SAME AS ON ELECTION NIGHT AND DURING OUR RECOUNT OF THE BALLOTS FOR CERTIFICATION OF TOTALS. WITH THESE TOTALS AND MANY QUESTIONS AT HAND, I THEN CALLED PAT WOLFE WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATES OFFICE, TO SEE WHAT WE SHOULD DO. MRS. WOLFE WAS IN MEETING ALL DAY LONG, THIS TRANSPIRED ON DECEMBER 9, 2004.  HAVING NOT REACHED HER OR GETTING A PHONE CALL BACK FROM MRS. WOLFE.  WE THEN CALLED OUR REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATES OFFICE, MICHAEL HERNON, HAVING EXPLAINED WHAT WE HAD DISCOVERED, MICHAEL RECOMMENDED THAT WE RECOUNT ALL BALLOTS THAT WERE RAN ON THE 550 MACHINE, AND IMMEDIATELY GET AN AMENDED SET OF TOTALS TO THEIR OFFICE BEFORE THE ELECTORAL COLLEGES MET, WHICH WAS ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 13TH, 2004.  WHILE TALKING WITH MICHAEL HERNON, PAT WOLFE RETURNED OUR PHONE CALL EVERYTHING WAS EXPLAINED TO PAT WOLFE, SHE ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT WE RECOUNT ALL BALLOTS ON THE 550 COUNTER, ALONG WITH ALL BALLOTS