[ambrose]

Kerry took Franklin County by over 44,000 votes this year...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1242878/posts
"In the 2000 election, Democrat Al Gore carried Franklin County with 48.8 percent of the vote, to George W. Bush's 47.8 percent. Gore's 4,156-vote victory margin was a slim 1 percent of the 414,074 total votes cast for president in Franklin County.

But Bush carried Ohio's 21 electoral votes on his way to being elected president by winning 50 percent of the statewide total, to Gore's 46.5 percent. "

[dawn53]

Thanks for the link.

So this isn't a chad issue, since it was electronic.

"At least Franklin County won't need to worry about punch card ballots. The county has about 3,000 electromechanical voting machines in use since 1992. The machines use a flashing red light next to each candidate or issue that stops flashing only after voters make their choice."