Posted on 11/16/2004 5:50:14 PM PST by Perdogg
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Most of the presidential election provisional ballots rejected so far in Ohio came from people who were not even registered to vote, election officials said after spending nearly two weeks poring over thousands of disputed votes. The vast majority of provisional ballots have been legitimate, however. Of the 11 counties that have completed checking ballots, 81 percent of the ballots are valid, according to a survey Monday by The Associated Press. Unofficial vote totals show President Bush beating Democrat John Kerry by 136,000 votes in Ohio, and Kerry has conceded there are not enough outstanding votes to swing the state his way. It is too early to know whether the provisional ballots have benefited Bush or Kerry because counties first need to determine their validity before conducting the count. Some people said they were holding out hope for a miracle until all votes were counted. Lawyers with Kerry's campaign were in Ohio to check into voters' concerns about ballots, but said they were not trying to challenge the election.
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Now this article states that 81% of the PB have been accepted. (0.81 x 15537) < 136,000.
Most of the presidential election provisional ballots rejected so far in Ohio came from people who were not even registered to vote, election officials said after spending nearly two weeks poring over thousands of disputed votes. The vast majority of provisional ballots have been legitimate, however. Uh....nope. Lost me.
Oh. Now I get it. Ignore my stupididity.
Im willing to bet a LOT of those provisional ballots being rejected are Kerry votes.
It took me a couple of times, too.
81% is atypical. The normal range of valid PB's is around 10%-20%. More evidence of Dem fraud?
81% of 155337 were accepted. However, that's only 125,823.
125,823 is less than 136,000. Not even in Marin Co, CA can Kerry get 136,000 votes out of 125,823.
That makes 3 of us.
Both sentences are grammatically correct, but wording was definitely poorly chosen.
I understood it the first time I read it.
``Not even in Marin Co, CA can Kerry get 136,000 votes out of 125,823.``
A Marin Co activist judge could. Bet your last dollar on that.
Some very straightforward questions to try to nail down this cluster frik of a counting process.
I've heard there are 93,000 spoiled ballots to be evaluated. Is this still true? Did spoiled ballots get evaluated and counted in the last election?
If so, what was the breakdown of Bush vs Gore in the spoiled ballots that were deemed countable?
How many provisional ballots are there?
What was the breakdown of Bush vs Gore in the provisionals of 2000?
How many absentee ballots are there? What was the Bush/Gore breakdown of those in 2000?
What other BS categories of ballots hang out in the rafters awaiting "sudden" discovery? Including hospital votes, boxes of ballots somebody "forgot" about, and any other wacko pack of votes this wimpy secretary of state can be led by the nose to count?
Bush has a lead of 136,000, the last I heard. And anybody who relies on statistics to confidently project that it would be impossible for there to be an 80% break for Kerry - just does not understand Democrats and their lying, cheating and stealing ways. Hence - the very straightforward questions to determine if it is mathematically in the bag for Bush.
I speed read - so sometimes have to reread.
It is poorly written.
LOL
I'm with you. This whole nonsense about "provisional ballots" has got to go. Geez, you know, if a person can't be bothered with, first, finding out if they are registered to vote where they live, and, second, if they are not, going ahead and getting registered, then why should a special exception be made for them when there are hundreds of thousands of legitimate voters who go through that very same process? All it takes is a lousy phone call to check. I mean, if they really care enough about exercising their voting authority in a legitimate manner, they should not mind getting registered to vote where they live, and appearing at the polls at the right place at the proper time. I know I did it, and I'm not all that special or smart.
Note I am not talking about absentee ballots. I know there are legitimate reasons why a registered voter may not be able to appear at their designated polling place on Election Day. Legitimate absentee ballots should always be included in the totals. But this "provisional" nonsense has to go.
Mind you that I didn't say Cook Co, IL.
Had it not been for Cook Co. Il, Bush would have won Il.
I think GOP activist in Il should push for proportional EV distribution.
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