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| Kerry refuses to concede Ohio |
| 2004-11-03 |
| Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell said it would take 11 days for a final result to be declared in the battleground midwest state. "I tell everybody, just take a deep breath and relax. We can't predict what the results are going to be," Blackwell, the state's top election official, told CNN television. Blackwell said that under state law, Ohio election officials would begin counting outstanding provisional ballots 11 days from Tuesday on Nov 13. Many provisional ballots have been cast by military members serving overseas, he said. "We're not going to start counting those (provisional) ballots until the 11th day after the election," Blackwell said. The projections by Fox and NBC -- which were not repeated by the three other major networks ABC, CBS and CNN -- thrust Bush to within one electoral vote of winning re-election. CNN reported that Ohio was too close to call with Bush leading Kerry by just over 100,000 votes, or 51 to 49 percent, with 93 percent of the vote counted. If Bush is determined to have won Ohio, and with results from the seven other states not yet called, the president will be sitting on 269 electoral votes. The winning candidate needs 270 electoral votes and if the Ohio projections stand, a Bush victory in any one of the other states -- Hawaii, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico and Wisconsin -- would put him over the edge Still, Kerry could tie Bush at 269 votes, forcing the election to be decided by the House of Representatives, if he wins all the 58 electoral votes that those seven states account for. However, a tie for Kerry would be tantamount to a loss as Bush's Republican party controls the House. In terms of the popular vote, Bush led with 51.4 million votes, or 51 percent, to Kerry's 47.8 million votes, or 48 percent, with 83 percent of the country's precincts reporting, according to CNN. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 Kerry just called Bush to concede the election! |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2004-11-03 11:04:07 AM |
| #4 This is stupid. Got these numbers from NRO's Corner just now: Bush’s lead in ohio is 136,700. There are about 154,725 provisional ballots out there. After a quick trip into my calculator, this means that for a 1 vote lead, Kerry needs to get 94.17% of the provisional ballots. Which would then trigger recounts. In a state the republicans control. Gov, Legislature, one would assume most of the courts too. No friggin way. |
| Posted by: Laurence of the Rats 2004-11-03 10:44:13 AM |
| #3 BH - LOL! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-11-03 10:40:25 AM |
| #2 Have your little wet dream, Jawn. Then in two weeks you can join Gore and Dean on the "Ranting Lunatic Has Beens of Politics" tour. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-11-03 10:09:24 AM |
| #1 Introducing the John Kerry condom... for stupid f*ckers who don't know when to pull out. |
| Posted by: BH 2004-11-03 10:05:55 AM |