Ohio Validates 121,598 Provisional Ballots

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Ohio Validates 121,598 Provisional Ballots

http://www.newsnet5.com/station/3964161/detail.html

Bush Win Safe In Ohio

POSTED: 6:38 am EST December 2, 2004

CLEVELAND -- President Bush's unofficial margin of victory in Ohio is
safe, after the remaining 10 counties in this battleground state
finished ballot certification Wednesday and results showed there were
fewer provisional ballots validated than the margin.

Ohio's 88 counties reported validating 121,598 provisional ballots
from 156,977 checked, according to an Associated Press tabulation.

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Matthew Damschroder, director of the Franklin County Board of
Elections, said Kerry had 54 percent of the total vote, or 285,500 to
237,252 for Bush. Kerry's lead in the county widened by 7,171 votes
from the unofficial results, largely because A COMPUTER GLITCH on
election night recorded an extra 3,893 votes for Bush in one precinct.

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1. It Strikes me as odd.

That when the provisionals were counted, for the most part Kerry gained.

take a look at Hamilton county's numbers... I don't have a link, but if i remember correctly, the provisionals showed like 8k to 6k in Kerry's favor.

that is counter to the unofficial results from 11-2.

actually, the numbers coming in from the provisional ballots are what I expected to see for Hamilton county for the 11-2 vote.. can someone check to see if the provisionals follow the exit polls??

I'd be curious.

thanks.