Ken Blackwell: The Columbus Dispatch reported Blackwell had come to own 83 shares of Diebold Inc. stock -- the company that manufactured voting equipment his own office purchased for the state; Blackwell said the purchase was a financial manager's error and that he sold the shares once he learned of them. His gubernatorial campaign separately accepted a $10,000 contribution from a registered Diebold lobbyist.

This is one of 8 dated entries in Ken Blackwell's record in office on this site, filed as a statement dated April 2006. The sentence above is the entry as this site states it; anyone else's reading of it is listed below in their words.

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2006-04

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statement

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The Columbus Dispatch reported Blackwell had come to own 83 shares of Diebold Inc. stock -- the company that manufactured voting equipment his own office purchased for the state; Blackwell said the purchase was a financial manager's error and that he sold the shares once he learned of them. His gubernatorial campaign separately accepted a $10,000 contribution from a registered Diebold lobbyist.

• Record in office on Ken Blackwell's page

1. https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/analysis/Ken_Blackwell.pdf