Kenneth Blackwell
Kenneth Blackwell
John Kenneth "Ken" Blackwellis an American politician and activist who served as the mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio from 1979 to 1980, the Ohio State Treasurer from 1994 to 1999, and Ohio Secretary of State from 1999 to 2007. He was the Republican candidate for governor of Ohio in 2006 and got 37% of the vote against the eventual victor, Ted Strickland. He was the first African American to be a major-party candidate for governor in Ohio...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth28 February 1948
CountryUnited States of America
I am running for Governor of the great state of Ohio and welcome your support.
In order to spur economic growth we need to put the brakes on out of control spending, lower Ohioans tax burden and create a most efficient and effective government.
Once they ask for a recount, we will provide them with a recount.
I have nothing to do with counting the votes.
You know, Jesse Jackson is just trying to stir up a hornet's nest.
They reality is that we have 70% of our voters use a punch card system that I tried to change and that bipartisan resistance in the legislature stopped.
Job creation requires a business friendly environment with a tax structure that is not punitive and a state government designed for efficient use of fewer tax dollars.
They know, the courts know, the people know that they have no way of changing the results as it affects them.
The fact of the matter is that they are entitled to request a recount. We're entitled to give them a recount.
And we have the most scrutinized election system in the United States, and we have met every test.
I would anticipate that the Electoral College will be held on the 13th of December, and our 20 electorate votes will go to the certified winner.
The reason it takes us from November the second to December the sixth to certify is because we have a very tedious, very comprehensive process where we audit by precinct, across the state, every vote that was cast to make sure that every vote that was legally cast is counted.
We have a system that allows us to manage a free and fair election, free of fraud, free of intimidation, and that's what we delivered on election day, and we're very very proud of it.