Your apprehension is unfounded. Ohio 2004 is not Illinois 1960. The Daley machine did steal the state for Kennedy and they continue to operate the same fraud machine today. However, the GOP controls the state levers of power in Ohio and the vote has already been tallied except for the provisional votes, which are not sufficient to change the election results. We are talking about a margin of 136,000 votes, which is impossible for Kerry to overcome. His people know it, which is why he conceded. Stop worrying, be happy.
Note: only 57 of 88 counties have reported.
Current % of provisionals being counted: 82%
Current "additional" vote count:
Bush +26,752
Kerry +22,062
bush winning 54.8% of provisionals so far out of 48,812 votes. Approx 88,000 provisional votes left.