Ohio Certifies Bush Win by 119,000 Votes

[bones_7672]

COLUMBUS, Ohio Dec 6, 2004 — This battleground state on Monday certified President Bush's 119,000-vote victory over John Kerry, even as the Kerry campaign and third-party candidates prepared to demand a statewide recount.

The president won Ohio with 2.86 million votes, or 51 percent, to Kerry's 2.74 million votes, or 49 percent.

The 118,775-vote lead was closer than the unofficial election night margin of 136,000, but not enough to trigger a mandatory recount. Absentee ballots and provisional votes counted after election night made most of the difference.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=306417

[Lerkfish]

1. hmmmm....51% where have I heard that before...

oh, yeah, that's the amount to cheat by in the affidavit

[DemoTex]

2. Just another day in the GOP's charade of legitimacy.

Another lie "certified" by another liar. It will catch up with them folks. Someone soon is gonna squeal like a pig. And it ain't gonna be anything Karl Rove can spin.

[Pirate Smile]

3. So did they wait until 5:00 pm today so nobody could file their suits or

request recounts until tomorrow? Waste every day you can.

[Chicago Democrat]

4. natch

this is blood sport

[jrtruth1]

5. With 118,775 votes to make up is there any chance?

What I mean is this: what number of possible 'kerry votes' are there left to count?

This 118 thousand vote lead includes 75% of the 'provisional ballots' and all of the overseas and absentee ballots. So what's left?

Maybe it's time to start trying to win the next election?


- T

[bones_7672]

6. Blackwell, on Fox, said the counties have up to ten days to do recount.

and about 3% of the ballots will be done with a hand recount.

[Coyul]

7. In other equally verified news....

...Santa Claus has just run over the Easter bunny while backing out of the tooth fairy's driveway.

What a freaking joke....

Coyul

[lovuian]

8. This is so sad for Democracy SO SAD!!!

:puke:

[Gregorian]

9. How could the news have possibly called it that night?

Even if there were no fraud, there is absolutely no way the news media could have called the state for *. Maybe it's not worth wondering about. But when the AP electoral map called Florida and Ohio so quickly, that's when I became suspicious.

And what's more- it proves that having the media call the election prematurely is a terribly irresponsible thing to do. That needs to stop.

[Yupster]

10. They called Pennsylvania

over two hours before Ohio and it was just as close, also 51-49 %.

[Matilda]

11. 51% to 49% .... that is just so neat.

Just a bit too neat, IMO.