Ohio Republicans block tests of voting machines

By a vote of 4-3, Ohio Republicans on the Controlling Board blocked Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner's efforts to get voting machines tested before the 2008 elections:

COLUMBUS - The state's chief elections official will have to wait two weeks to find out if she will get $1.7 million to run tests on Ohio's new electronic voting machine system, a legislative panel ruled Monday.

Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner told the state Controlling Board that the delay likely will make it tougher for her office to complete the testing by January, the deadline she set for issuing the results to county boards of elections. Next year's primary is early - March 4 - because of the presidential election.

No look, there's only one reason why Republicans would not want these machines tested. It's because they know they're either already fixed or will be fixed to elect Republicans no matter what the voters do.