So they’ll get probation. They should let a couple people who got caught with pot out of jail and put these two in. Yah, that’s the ticket…..

A jury found two Cuyahoga County election workers guilty today of charges that they fudged Board of Elections procedures to thwart a countywide ballot recount after the bitterly divisive 2004 presidential election.

The jury convicted Kathleen Dreamer, 40, of Cleveland and Jacqueline Maiden, 59, of Richmond Heights on one felony and one misdemeanor each. They had each been charged with seven counts and were exonerated on five counts apiece, including all charges that they knowingly conspired to break the law and violate their duties. Instead, they were found guilty of being criminally negligent.

The jurors cleared a third coworker, 54-year-old Rosie Grier of Cleveland, on all charges.

Dreamer and Maiden did not make any outward sign of emotion, but their lawyers said afterward they were distressed at verdicts that the defense attorneys said were clear indications of jury confusion.

Read more at the Cleveland Plain Dealer