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Candidates Officially Request Ohio Recount
AP ^ | 12/7/04 | ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS

Posted on 12/07/2004 4:24:03 PM PST by politicalvanguard.com

With support from John Kerry's campaign, two third-party candidates for president officially asked on Tuesday for a recount in Ohio, the state that put President Bush over the top in November.

The requests, mailed to all 88 counties, were expected to arrive by Wednesday.

Generally, county election boards must agree to a recount, as long as the parties bringing the challenge pay for it. And the Green and Libertarian parties collected enough donations to cover the required $113,600, or $10 per precinct.

David Cobb, Green Party presidential candidate, said the election was full of irregularities, including uncounted provisional ballots.

"There is a possibility that George W. Bush did not win Ohio. If that is the case, it would be a crime against democracy for George Bush (news - web sites) to be sworn into office," he said.

Cobb got 186 votes in Ohio. Libertarian candidate Michael Badnarik received 14,695, or 0.26 percent of the overall total.

The request came a day after Ohio officially certified Bush as the winner of this battleground state by 118,775 votes. The president's unofficial election-night margin of 136,000 votes shrank slightly after provisional and absentee ballots were counted and errors corrected.

(Excerpt) Read more at story.news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: crap; democrats; dncplaybook; foolishness; greens; liberals; libertarians; soreloserman; wastedtaxdollars
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1 posted on 12/07/2004 4:24:04 PM PST by politicalvanguard.com
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Yawn....


2 posted on 12/07/2004 4:27:54 PM PST by xJones
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Let's recount PA and IL too.


3 posted on 12/07/2004 4:29:54 PM PST by Damifino (The true measure of a man is found in what he would do if he knew no one would ever find out.)
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At least AP got it right this time "136,000 vote margin shrank slightly"


4 posted on 12/07/2004 4:33:16 PM PST by traderrob6
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Here we go again...


5 posted on 12/07/2004 4:33:47 PM PST by FairfaxVA (SELECT * FROM liberals WHERE clue > 0. Zero rows returned!)
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A senio 65 year old CPA bean-counter used to refer to this behavior as "mental masturbation." I could continue his remarks, but I would be banned.


6 posted on 12/07/2004 4:34:20 PM PST by Cobra64 (Babes should wear Bullet Bras - www.BulletBras.net)
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To: politicalvanguard.com

A recount will uncover the Green Party got 13 votes instead of 11.


7 posted on 12/07/2004 4:34:50 PM PST by West Coast Conservative
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8 posted on 12/07/2004 4:35:25 PM PST by RWR8189 (Its Morning in America Again!)
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Cobb got 186 votes in Ohio
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If I got only 186 votes I wouldn't try to draw ANY attention to myself. He goes from being a sore loser to a certified nut case!!


9 posted on 12/07/2004 4:38:10 PM PST by crazyhorse691 (We won. We don't need to be forgiving. Let the heads roll!!!!!!!!!)
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10 posted on 12/07/2004 4:39:53 PM PST by Raffus (Thanks to all Veterans for their service to our Country.)
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West Coast Conservative wrote:
A recount will uncover the Green Party got 13 votes instead of 11.

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More likely it was 1 instead of 11.


11 posted on 12/07/2004 4:39:59 PM PST by phoenix0468 (One man with courage is a majority. (Thomas Jefferson))
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No one withoug a statistical chance of winning should have the right to ask for a recount unless they cover the full and total cost of that recount.


12 posted on 12/07/2004 4:40:27 PM PST by BJungNan (Stop Spam - Do NOT buy from junk email.)
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I assume the Ohio taxpayers will have to pick up the balance. $10 per precinct doesn't cover a whole lot. I hope they remember the Democrats unfondly in 2008. I hate Kerry. He is behind all of this. He just refuses to believe that he lost. Kerry is a FOOL! The Democratic party deserves him and Michael Moore and Babs and Al Sharpton, etc. etc. etc.


13 posted on 12/07/2004 4:42:14 PM PST by Merry
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Ohio got caught flat footed on this one. I'll guarantee the legislature will fix this post haste


14 posted on 12/07/2004 4:42:22 PM PST by traderrob6
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They should fix it. Can you imagine what could be done in a county with the funds that will be spent on a recount with no chance of changing the outcome.

That is probably the reason Kerry signed on to this thing is to give it some legitimacy for his PEST minions (Post Election Stress Trauma).


15 posted on 12/07/2004 4:44:10 PM PST by BJungNan (Stop Spam - Do NOT buy from junk email.)
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A state that is $ strapped having to pay 1.5 million for as one official put it "someones political hobby horse"...Yea they'll remember


16 posted on 12/07/2004 4:44:18 PM PST by traderrob6
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Time for the Dems to .
17 posted on 12/07/2004 4:45:39 PM PST by West Coast Conservative
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To: Raffus
The request came a day after Ohio officially certified Bush as the winner of this battleground state by 118,775 votes. The president's unofficial election-night margin of 136,000 votes shrank slightly after provisional and absentee ballots were counted and errors corrected.

So why recount them?

18 posted on 12/07/2004 4:47:15 PM PST by cardinal4 (W's 3.5 million pop vote isnt a mandate, but algores .5 million is??)
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You forgot to post the Geez! Not this Crap again....! image


19 posted on 12/07/2004 4:47:39 PM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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There is no way that $10 / precinct can even cover the cost of calling in the workers to do the count. If that is only a down payment, then I think Ohio should require either money in front or a bond to ensure payment. Meanwhile, educate the Ohio taxpayers just how much money this 186 vote candidate is going to pull out of their wallets.

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There are only 5 days to line up the monitors. Assuming the count goes forward, there is no way that this should be done without Republican observers. I hope the state and national parties are on the ball. Ohio FReepers, man the ramparts!

20 posted on 12/07/2004 4:48:10 PM PST by NonValueAdded ("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good" HRC 6/28/2004)
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