In Cleveland as in Kiev  In the Ukraine, citizens are in the
streets protesting what they charge is a fixed election.
Secretary of State Colin Powell expresses this nation's concern
about apparent voting irregularities. The media give the dispute
around-the-clock coverage. But in the United States, massive and
systemic voter irregularities go unreported and unnoticed.  Ohio
is this election year's Florida. The vote in Ohio decided the
presidential race, but it was marred by intolerable, and often
partisan, irregularities and discrepancies. US citizens have as
much reason as those in Kiev to be concerned that the fix was
in.  Ohio determines the election. But because of mounting
irregularities, the vote in this state was not certified until
this Monday, 34 days after the election. People of conscience
demand that a full and complete investigation of these
irregularities is undertaken.  Their outrage is made intolerable
by the fact that the secretary of state in charge of the count,
Ken Blackwell, holds, like t