Election can wait till after football

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From the Columbus Dispatch:

Election can wait till after football
County puts off final tally until after OSU-Michigan meeting
Friday, November 10, 2006
Robert Vitale and James Nash
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH



The outcome of one of the nation's tightest congressional races will wait until after one of its hottest college football games is played, Franklin County elections officials said yesterday.

Elections workers will delay their final, official tally of Tuesday's ballots -- a total that could add more than 38,000 votes to unofficial results in some races -- until Nov. 19, the day after state law lets them begin counting provisional ballots.

They said they don't plan to open for business on Nov. 18, a Saturday, when Ohio State plays Michigan at Ohio Stadium. But they'll issue final election results by Nov. 21, a week before the state requires them.

They could count nearly 18,000 absentee ballots now, but they said they'll wait to avoid more unofficial numbers.

"Our goal is to accommodate our employees' plans for both the OSU football game and Thanksgiving," said Franklin County Board of Elections Director Matthew Damschroder.

http://www.dispatch.com/?story=dispatch/2006/11/10/20061110-A1-00.html

[mtnester]

1. Stunned yet not...all at once

Only in Ohio

[cassiepriam]

3. Only in Ohio and only in Columbus.

Hey women can't even get married during football season,
no one will come to the wedding, especially if it is a
big game.

[Botany]

2. They could start counting all provisionals that have been O.K.ed now.

Same with the absentee ballots. Remember Damschroder was the one who
shorted democratic areas voting machines in 2004.

"They" know a legit count and Kilroy wins .... guaranteed "they" are
making sure that the count comes out the way "they" want it.

BTW the absentee ballot count was supposed to have been released
@ 7:30 on 11/7.

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