That's said - among other thoughts:
"3:00AM - Romney has about a 5,000 vote lead in OH with 100% in, but the networks other than FOX won't declare him the winner. The lawyers parachute in and we get a repeat of 2000."
Tell me if there have been other developments, but the problem here is that there is a very real possibility in Ohio of 100K to 200K votes being cast as provisional ballots because of the silly practice of sending absentee ballot applications to every single Ohioan.
If you haven't followed this silliness: Because not all people who requested absentee ballots will have used them, when they show up to vote, they will only be allowed to cast a provisional ballot, which will not be opened until 10 days post the election ... it first must be established that they didn't cast an absentee ballot if they had requested one.
Personally, I believe Romney carries Ohio by 3 or more points - likely making the provisionals immaterial, but even with that, I suspect a huge number of provisionals which, were it not for the fact that Romney will have won enough electoral votes from other states, would delay the outcome and leave America in SoreLosermanian lurch.
If Romney is only up by 5000, then you can be sure that they will need to count the provisionals - I believe a wait of 10 days - since presumably the large majority are valid votes by people who had ordered absentees but never sent them in.
Am I wrong?
Slightly incorrect. All voters were mailed absentee ballot REQUESTS. they could send in that request to get a ballot which over 1.6 million have thus far. Only if u sent in ur request will u get a ballot otherwise u vote election day. For those who sent in their request and now have a ballot, you can vote a couple of ways. Mail it in or take it to your election site on or before election day. If u requested a ballot and dont turn it in one way or yhe pther, the only way u can vote election day is PROVISIONALLY.