On November 3, 2004 -- the day before election day -- the Hosting History [of the Ohio Secretary of State’s webpage] reports a switch from OARnet to Smartech Corporation of Chattanooga, Tennessee. The hosting switches back to OARnet on November 5, 2004 -- the day after the election.
Why would that be? And who is Smartech?
For one thing, Smartech hosts the gwb43 web server of the RNC, where members of the administration and the DoJ have been sending emails to avoid going through the White House servers, which are subject to public (and Democratic) scrutiny. You remember - the "lost" emails that the Judiciary Committee has subpoenaed.
On Election Night 2004, the Republican Party not only controlled the vote-counting process in Ohio, the final presidential swing state, through a secretary of state who was a co-chair of the Bush campaign, but it also controlled the technology that allowed the tally of the vote in Ohio's 88 counties to be reported to the media and voters.
There are plenty of allegations of and investigations into fraud in Ohio 2004, including Bush victories in three counties with 120, 124 and 131 percent voter turnouts, and one precinct having 638 presidential voters, but 4,258 votes for George W! Cannonfire quotes a source that says these results "were routed by county election officials through Ohio's Secretary of State's office."
And Smartech?
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
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