Ohio provisional ballots talliedRecount needed Ontario Charter Comm race

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Ohio provisional ballots tallied
Recount needed in one Ontario Charter Commission race
By David Benson, [e-mail]
News Journal


MANSFIELD -- Ohio's provisional votes were counted Tuesday, but the 2004 general election is still not over at the national level or the local level.

"We'll have to have a recount in one Ontario Charter Commission race," said Board of Elections deputy director Paulette Hankins. "Sandra Lee and Kevyn Morehead are within one-half of one percent of each other, so under state law a recount is automatic."

That recount is tentatively scheduled for 10 a.m. Nov. 23.

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A statewide recount of the presidential vote appears inevitable after a pair of third-party candidates said they have collected enough money to pay for it after that certification date.

Libertarian Michael Badnarik and the Green Party's David Cobb said Monday they raised more than the $113,600 needed to pay $10 for the recount in each of the state's voting precincts.

Badnarik and Cobb said they aren't trying to overturn President Bush's 136,000-vote victory in Ohio, but just want to ensure that all votes were counted properly in the face of concerns about Election Day irregularities.

"It looks like this election might go until the Electoral College meets in mid-December," Hankins said.
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