One of the important things to realize about the 2004 presidential election is that there was no real evidence of vote tampering, electoral fraud, or malfeasance of any kind.  Except, of course, when there was: 

Jacqueline Maiden, elections coordinator of the Cuyahoga County Elections Board, and ballot manager Kathleen Dreamer each were convicted of a felony count of negligent misconduct of an elections employee. They also were convicted of one misdemeanor count each of failure of elections employees to perform their duty. 

Prosecutors accused Maiden and Dreamer of secretly reviewing preselected ballots before a public recount on Dec. 16, 2004. They worked behind closed doors for three days to pick ballots they knew would not cause discrepancies when checked by hand, prosecutors said … Maiden and Dreamer, who still work for the elections board, face a possible sentence of six to 18 months for the felony conviction. 

So the arrest, trial, and conviction weren’t enough?  Talk about job security.  I wonder what it would take to actually lose your job for the Ohio elections board.  Maybe if you forged a Diebold voting machine key using a picture from their own website?