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I think, though (none / 1)

that deal with "spoiled" votes wouldn't be automatic. Someone has to take some kind of action to get the votes that were "spoiled" and therefore rejected looked at. That automatic process only has to do with the provisional and absentee ballots. It doesn't have anything to do with arguments that machines didn't tally the ballots correctly.

by LowellR on Thu Nov 04, 2004 at 02:24:43 PM PDT

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- Yes, it's not automatic. (none / 0)
  
  My understanding of Ohio law -- which is limited to what more knowledgable folks have been telling me -- is that it takes five people per county to request a recount, but the scope of the recount -- whether they would run it through the machines again, or hand-recount -- is unclear. We need someone to clear that legal distinction up.
  But we need some Ohioans to step up and file the challenge, either way. And so far I'm not hearing anyone has, which is just silly.
  
  by Hunter on Thu Nov 04, 2004 at 02:38:19 PM PDT
  
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  - I think it is not time yet (none / 0)
    
    I think you file a recount only after the results are certified, which occurs only after the provisonal ballots are counted. That doesn't happen until a week from today, I think.
    
    by LowellR on Fri Nov 05, 2004 at 05:26:36 AM PDT
    
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