KENNETH BLACKWELL

You know, Jesse Jackson is just trying to stir up a hornet's nest.

The fact of the matter is that they are entitled to request a recount. We're entitled to give them a recount.

They know, the courts know, the people know that they have no way of changing the results as it affects them.

I am running for Governor of the great state of Ohio and welcome your support.

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.

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.

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 45,000 square miles of geography in Ohio.

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.

Once they ask for a recount, we will provide them with a recount.

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 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.

And I'm very proud of the 50,000 poll workers and election officials who delivered a free and fair election.

I have nothing to do with counting the votes.

And we have the most scrutinized election system in the United States, and we have met every test.

I believe in individual freedom, equal opportunity at the starting line without a preordained order of finish.

Many of the problems of our country started when we chased faith out of the public square.

Surround yourself with strong people, make sure they fully understand your principles, give them room to work, reward good performance and correct bad performance—and be sure they know you can tell the difference.

We must not repeat the Florida fiasco. The way we vote and count our votes should be consistent with modern technology.

Having businesses be tax collectors is riddled with peril.

Judges cannot mandate Black or Hispanic excellence.

We've become a culture where earning money doesn't entitle you to it, but wanting it does. That is the essence of redistribution.

When people abuse these freedoms to enrich themselves at the expense of others, then the public will demand the government to step in. That is how government grows, and how freedom is diminished.... When financial meltdowns occur, the public's outrage drives government to take over part of the private sector. When the government does so, it replaces irresponsible executives with unaccountable bureaucrats. That takes us out of the frying pan and into the fire.

Traditional marriage in the platform is the essential building block to our civilization.

The effort of Reince Priebus and the RNC to reach out to movement conservatives has been impressive and will, I believe pay great dividends come election time