[Mike Fieschko]

I picked one example, Oakwood.

REGISTERED VOTERS - OAKWOOD VIL 2746
BALLOTS CAST OAKWOOD VIL 7099

But ...

The County Board of Elections at the link you gave gives a breakdown for each ward in Oakwood:

BALLOTS CAST OKWD WD1 364
BALLOTS CAST OKWD WD2 468
BALLOTS CAST OKWD WD3 214
BALLOTS CAST OKWD WD4 303
BALLOTS CAST OKWD WD5 290

adding them == 1639

Let the Secretary of State know.

I suggest not being lazy and only send an email. Telephone his office, talk to a human and get someone's individual email address. Then send the figures and follow up an hour later that day.

[Okie2]

I'm sorry, I'm new as a poster, but before everyone gets all worked up over this, look at what's at the top of the county webpage:

Explanation of Ballots Cast Totals on this page and the Summary Report

In even-numbered years, the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections tallies absentee ballots by Congressional, House, and Senate district combinations. Because of this, the ballots cast totals for municipalities on this web page and on the summary report needs to be derived by using the following technique: For municipalities with wards, find the ballots cast total for each ward and total them. For municipalities without wards, please refer to the contest of interest on the canvass report. Absentee ballots cast totals appear separately at the end of each contest on the canvass report. If you have any questions, please contact the Board of Election’s Ballot Department Manager at (216) 443-6454.

This seems to be exactly the pattern on the discrepancies. The highest level of aggregation apparently is susceptible to being overcounted for the reasons stated on the county's webpage. I can't guarantee that this is the case, but the pattern looks awfully regular to me and seems to match the explanation above.

[not_apathetic_anymore]

Having spent too much time cruising through the DU threads tonight, I will say that they are convinced that the difference between 7099 and 2746 are votes for Bush, and that the electronic Diebold machines have stolen the election (again).

[rwfromkansas]

Whew. I am going to have to make a phone call and ask some questions.

[RockinRight]

From fact-index.com:

Oakwood is a village located in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 3,667.

Total population is half the number of votes cast!

[Conservatrix]

I would like to see a similar approach conducted in the Philly districts.

Again, my instincts tell me Bush realy won PA and what bvotes Kerry got over Bush were fradulent....

maybe it's wishful thinking but maybe not...

[montrose]

This "Cuyahoga County overvote" story is moonbat material. The web page cited is simply in error. The detailed precinct-by-precinct results at http://boe.cuyahogacounty.us/boe/results/history/2004/110204_GE_Canvass.TXT do not show ANY overvoted precincts. In fact, the only overvote documented so far in the entire state of Ohio is th one Columbus area precinct where Pres. Bush was erroneously given an extra 3,893 votes.

Let's het real and not join the Olberman crowd! He mentioned this Cuyahoga BS last night on MSNBC.