http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6661622/Recounts pending as Ohio certifies Bush victory
Scrutiny over presidential vote expected to continue
The Associated Press
Updated: 7:04 a.m. ET Dec. 7, 2004
COLUMBUS, Ohio - While Ohio has certified a 2 percentage-point election victory for President Bush, scrutiny of the vote was expected to continue for several more days.
Independent candidates were prepared to demand recounts in all 88 counties Tuesday, action that election boards say they’re ready for but don’t believe is necessary.
“Our experience with recounts based on our system in Allen County show either no change in our count, or one or two votes possibly,” said Keith Cunningham, the county’s election board director and incoming president of the Ohio Association of Election Board Directors.
Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell certified Bush as the winner Monday based on official results from county election boards, with the final tally of 2.86 million votes for the Republican, or about 51 percent of the vote, and 2.74 million or 49 percent for Democrat John Kerry.......