Recounts pending as Ohio certifies Bush victory

[rodeodance]

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6661622/

Recounts pending as Ohio certifies Bush victory
Scrutiny over presidential vote expected to continue

The Associated Press
Updated: 7:04 a.m. ET Dec. 7, 2004

COLUMBUS, Ohio - While Ohio has certified a 2 percentage-point election victory for President Bush, scrutiny of the vote was expected to continue for several more days.

Independent candidates were prepared to demand recounts in all 88 counties Tuesday, action that election boards say they’re ready for but don’t believe is necessary.

“Our experience with recounts based on our system in Allen County show either no change in our count, or one or two votes possibly,” said Keith Cunningham, the county’s election board director and incoming president of the Ohio Association of Election Board Directors.

Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell certified Bush as the winner Monday based on official results from county election boards, with the final tally of 2.86 million votes for the Republican, or about 51 percent of the vote, and 2.74 million or 49 percent for Democrat John Kerry.......

[cavanaghjam]

1. Lemme see if I got this straight

They certified the votes even though the recount is ongoing.
They say the recount won't make any difference based on one county of 88; it won't make a difference in outcome even though the purpose of the recount is to find out what the true vote totals are.

I think I've fallen through the rabbit hole.

[Merlot]

2. Arrogance

“Our experience with recounts based on our system in Allen County show either no change in our count, or one or two votes possibly,” said Keith Cunningham, the county’s election board director and incoming president of the Ohio Association of Election Board Directors.

Over 5 million votes cast, and they will only find one or two? Is this arrogance, or are they just not looking very hard?

[lakelly]

3. 1 or 2 votes my behind.

Maybe he's just not very good at adding numbers and such.