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In Cuyahoga County, Ohio there were 29,091 more ballots as compared to the unofficial tally.
There were 24,788 Provisional ballots cast.
Where did they get 4,313 votes?
I took the information from the unofficial count and compared it to the official count. The provisional ballot count came from the secretary of state.
The county claims to have had 24,472 provisional ballots but the SOS site said it was 24,788. This is a difference of 316 votes so not a big deal, unless of course you're one of the 316 in limbo. So I'll use the official county data since we can't believe the SOS.
Now they also ruled that 8,099 ballots were invalid. So that leaves a total of 16,373 valid provisional ballots. So now, 12,718 have materialized that they did not report on selection day. They said that 100% of the precincts had reported in. I expected a rise in the number of votes but this seems like a large jump.
Also note the number of absentee votes. The new total of absentee votes is 7,438 higher than the unofficial count which I assume was from overseas ballots.
BTW, the absentee votes are not in the 12,718 votes. These are the, "Hey, look what we found!" votes.
The percentage of the voters that voted absentee is now 12.40%. In the Unofficial Tally, the absentee vote was 11.95%. Keep in mind, there was a 6.7% shift towards the Shrub in the unofficial absentee ballot count. I wonder if that shift has grown.
According to the unofficial tally:
The total number of Unofficial ballots cast at the polls was 572,957 ballots where: Kerry Received 66.9% of the vote or 383,446 votes Bush Received 32.8% of the vote or 187,854 votes
The total number of Unofficial absentee ballots cast was 80,624 where: Kerry Received 61.8% of the absentee vote or 49,816 votes Bush Received 34.4% of the absentee vote or 27,770 votes
The shift towards the Shrub was 6.7%. Has this increased or decreased? Let's see:
Total Number of Official votes cast at the polls was 602,048 Kerry recieved 65.7% or 395,543 votes Shrub recieved 32.0% or 192,518 votes
Total number of Official absentee votes cast was 85,212 Kerry recieved 58.5% of the absentee vote or 52,943 Shrub recieved 33.7% of the absentee vote or 29,088
The new official shift towards the Shrub is 9.9%. Still think I'm crazy to suggest the absentee ballots was the thing that stole this election?
Now the total of absentee votes for President is 82,382 and the total absentee ballots cast is 85,212. I guess 2,830 or 3.3% of the absentee voters didn't want to or didn't know how vote for the President. I wonder how many were ruled invalid. I guess we will never know.
In the poll votes 13,531 ballots didn't have a vote for President. This is 2.0% of the votes cast at the polls. It seems that poll voters do better at casting ballots for President.
Here's the data from Unofficial to Official
If you cut and paste this into a spreadsheet it a lot easier to read.
BALLOTS CAST TOTAL 687260 BALLOTS CAST ABSENTEE 85212 77774 7438 BALLOTS CAST PROVISIONAL 24,788 Official Unofficial Difference BALLOTS CAST BAY VILLAGE 8904 8639 265 BALLOTS CAST BEACHWOOD 5531 5298 233 BALLOTS CAST BEDFORD 6120 5837 283 BALLOTS CAST BEDFORD HEIGHTS 5130 4849 281 BALLOTS CAST BENTLEYVILLE VIL 508 496 12 BALLOTS CAST BEREA 8409 8118 291 BALLOTS CAST BRATENAHL VIL 782 752 30 BALLOTS CAST BRECKSVILLE 7410 7228 182 BALLOTS CAST BROADVIEW HEIGHTS 8840 8553 287 BALLOTS CAST BROOKLYN 5154 4926 228 BALLOTS CAST BROOKLYN HEIGHTS VIL 832 811 21 BALLOTS CAST BROOK PARK 9370 9013 357 BALLOTS CAST CHAGRIN FALLS TWP 67 67 0 BALLOTS CAST CHAGRIN FALLS VIL 2104 2029 75 BALLOTS CAST CLEVELAND 172160 160491 11669 BALLOTS CAST CLEVELAND HEIGHTS 24550 23533 1017 BALLOTS CAST CUYAHOGA HEIGHTS VIL 344 334 10 BALLOTS CAST EAST CLEVELAND 9385 8755 630 BALLOTS CAST EUCLID 22486 21217 1269 BALLOTS CAST FAIRVIEW PARK 8769 8406 363 BALLOTS CAST GARFIELD HEIGHTS 12775 12204 571 BALLOTS CAST GATES MILLS VIL 1399 1355 44 BALLOTS CAST GLENWILLOW VIL 219 213 6 BALLOTS CAST HIGHLAND HEIGHTS 4418 4295 123 BALLOTS CAST HIGHLAND HILLS VIL 277 261 16 BALLOTS CAST HUNTING VALLEY VIL 305 298 7 BALLOTS CAST INDEPENDENCE 4117 4024 93 BALLOTS CAST LAKEWOOD 25096 23925 1171 BALLOTS CAST LINNDALE 53 51 2 BALLOTS CAST LYNDHURST 7804 7588 216 BALLOTS CAST MAPLE HEIGHTS 11350 10844 506 BALLOTS CAST MAYFIELD HEIGHTS 8456 8045 411 BALLOTS CAST MAYFIELD VIL 1793 1721 72 BALLOTS CAST MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS 7794 7455 339 BALLOTS CAST MORELAND HILLS VIL 1850 1780 70 BALLOTS CAST NEWBURGH HEIGHTS VIL 860 822 38 BALLOTS CAST NORTH OLMSTED 16314 15742 572 BALLOTS CAST NORTH RANDALL VIL 401 384 17 BALLOTS CAST NORTH ROYALTON 14620 13961 659 BALLOTS CAST OAKWOOD VIL 1685 1598 87 BALLOTS CAST OLMSTED FALLS 4272 4136 136 BALLOTS CAST OLMSTED TWP 5566 5296 270 BALLOTS CAST ORANGE VIL 1782 1692 90 BALLOTS CAST PARMA 36591 35171 1420 BALLOTS CAST PARMA HEIGHTS 8883 8531 352 BALLOTS CAST PEPPER PIKE 3237 3133 104 BALLOTS CAST RICHMOND HEIGHTS 4931 4709 222 BALLOTS CAST ROCKY RIVER 10456 9983 473 BALLOTS CAST SEVEN HILLS 6416 6226 190 BALLOTS CAST SHAKER HEIGHTS 14822 14353 469 BALLOTS CAST SOLON 11298 10880 418 BALLOTS CAST SOUTH EUCLID 11464 11033 431 BALLOTS CAST STRONGSVILLE 22433 21742 691 BALLOTS CAST UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS 6103 5900 203 BALLOTS CAST VALLEY VIEW VIL 1278 1250 28 BALLOTS CAST WALTON HILLS VIL 1345 1317 28 BALLOTS CAST WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS 6729 6325 404 BALLOTS CAST WESTLAKE 15688 15064 624 BALLOTS CAST WOODMERE VIL 313 298 15 Total Total Vote Difference 602048 572957 29091
Unofficial Total Ballots Cast 665,334 Unofficial Absentee Ballots Cast 77,774 Unofficial Provisional Ballots Cast 24,788
Official number of Provisional Ballots 16,373 Official Number of Absentee Ballots 85,212 Official Total with Absentee & Provisional 687260
I have to go back to work but tonight, I will show you the new voter registration numbers. It should be a hoot. See ya tonight
Sincerely, Michael Lewis
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