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Much to Blackwell’s chagrin, a federal judge did order a recount in Ohio. The court declined, however, to speed up the timetable of the recount or delay the Electoral College convention. As a result, Ohio’s electoral delegation met in Columbus last Monday—before the recount is completed and regardless of whatever irregularities are uncovered—to certify Bush as the winner. But until the state government takes a serious interest in why votes are going missing, the losers of this election are the voters...
...election, the irregularities continued, with several reports of tabulation glitches producing phantom votes for the presidential candidates. The original count finds a gap of two percent separating Bush and Kerry in Ohio—not terribly close, and certainly not narrow enough to trigger an automatic recount under state law. Ohio Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell, the overseer of the Ohio elections and a Republican who ardently supported Bush’s re-election campaign, has been adamant in his stance that the elections in Ohio were fair, and that a recount would be a waste of state tax money...
...RECOUNT: With Russia and the U.S. taking sides, an election crisis risks plunging Ukraine into civil...
...Number of votes by which George Bush beat John Kerry in Ohio, according to results certified last week. Kerry does not dispute the outcome but supports a statewide recount, which has been ordered...
...said he was relieved that this election did not result in a prolonged legal battle like the Florida recount...