OHIO--Mybe not over?

[BottlesOf]

On CNN, Toobin was saying the Dems would probably demand a recount and if the margin shrinks to 50K, they would count the some 200K provisional ballots (180K of which may be valid) and that could swing it?

Whoa.

[largeeyes]

Provisional ballot does not equal kerry vote. You get that if you show up and aren't on the roster, etc. etc. I don't see it breaking much more than a few 10k's in kerry's favor.

[mikeyvegas]

Just saw that too, I would like to beleive its possible but I just think its grasping at straws. Although I've seen plenty of runner-runner perfect-perfect hands in my life.

[BottlesOf]

You are probably right. Just throwing out that this could be contested for days to come, and we'd have a quasi-repeat of 2000.

[Abednego]

Demand all you want ..... the 130,000 vote margin is too much to overcome ...... a recount is typically only granted when the margin is 1/2 of 1%. A recount won't change a thing.

[BottlesOf]

Please note, I am not an attorney, I am not demanding anything. I'm just repeating what I heard.

[vulturesrow]

According to TV, the margin would have to be less than .25% of the total vote to trigger the automatic recount.

[TomCollins]

I'm pretty sure they would break for Kerry. Mary Poppins voted Kerry for sure.

[Sponger15SB]

Yeah but Snowball I, Mrs Bananas, and Humphrey Boa-Gart are all obviously Bush fans.

You forget about the dead animal vote.

[ohiou]

The projected Bush margin in Ohio is at least 200,000, the projected # of provisional ballots is anywhere from 120,000 - 140,000 (100,000 in 2000).

Long story short- Kerry would have to get about 90% of the provisional ballots to make up that margin (all projected #s).

Doesn't look good.