Posted on 11/07/2008 10:03:13 AM PST by gotribe
Despite a record number of registered voters this year, intense interest in the presidential election and the historic outcome, Ohio's voter turnout was lower Tuesday than in 2004, unofficial statistics show.
Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner is reporting 67 percent turnout, compared with 72 percent in 2004. She had been predicting 80 percent turnout this time.
The percentage could increase as provisional ballots, overseas ballots and other outstanding votes are included during the official canvass in the coming weeks.
But overall turnout still is expected to be lower than in 2004, leaving experts at a loss to explain it -- especially because the number of registered voters increased by 319,000 from four years ago.
"That's rather puzzling, given the activity level," said Paul Beck, a political-science professor at Ohio State University.
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Correction: Obama received just 80,000 less than Kerry.
Exactly the point on McCain, the base didn’t show and the values voters stayed home, again. When will the GOP learn that we want a TRUE conservative, not a RINO like McCain who thought he was the right choice because it was his turn. Anyone remember Bob Dole?
“Bull. The numbers reported by Ohio bear no relation in fact to the actual votes cast. Can you say Fraud?”
Given (1) what all the polling in Ohio alone said, the (2)huge voter registration drive by the Dims, and the huge interest the state party seemed to have in “turnout”; I would like to believe you, and feel something is amiss.
But where’s the data????
You’re not going to find any data. The rat’s are completely in control Sec State Brunner wouldn’t even let her county election officials know who was eligible to vote based on the hundreds of thousands of suspect registrations turned in by ACORN. The MSM won’t even bother to investigate and the Justice Depatment will be fully owned by Obama in 45 days or so and the dept we have now is too polically cowardly to step in.
There's some validity to what you say. My next door neighbor voted for Obama because he said he just couldn't resist being part of something truly historic. He told me this after a couple of six packs last night. I thought I was going to faint. This guy is a retired Navy Chief and he spent a couple Saturdays with me making calls and doing door knocks for McCain. I just can't believe it!
The RNC must -
meet with the Ohio GOP and join them in continuing to press for justice department investigation
seek GOP congressional leaderships full support, that they will continue to press this issue (the 200,000 questionable voters in Ohio) until there is a special prosecutor appointed
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