Two (2) elections workers from Cuyahoga County received 'Stay-out-of-Jail' cards yesterday when they pleaded no contest to tampering with a ballot recount involving the 2004 presidential election. Although the women were convicted earlier this year, Judge Saffold ordered new trials in early August that were scheduled to go forward yesterday, on Monday, November 5, 2007. The women's pleas were an 11th hour attempt to avoid a jail time, and it worked. The Plain Dealer article covering the story indicates that the Judge will not enter any sentence (of guilty or not guilty) if the women stay out of trouble for a term of 6 months of probation. Click here to read our prior post with information about their convictions and new trial orders, with links to the dockets in their cases.