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  •  WRONG reading of the law (none / 1)

    Candidates for an election have to call for a recount. 5 or more citizens can call for a recount about an ISSUE or QUESTION (think proposition). You want to get a recount. Talk to the Dems or to David Cobb in the Green party, but your emails won't work.

    by 4corners on Thu Nov 04, 2004 at 02:35:00 PM PDT

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    •  unfortunately (none / 0)

      David Cobb was a write in - not on the ballot in Ohio, so I;m not sure how much help he would be in this particular instance, although I'm sure he'd be happy to halp as much as possible.

      by green in brooklyn on Thu Nov 04, 2004 at 03:11:26 PM PDT

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    •  Find an Elector (4.00 / 2)

      You are correct - only a candidate can do initiate a recount and get the undervoted ballots checked for hanging chad.

      But - my read of Ohio law is that the 20 Presidential Electors are in fact themselves the candidates up for election, and therefore THEY personally and individually have legal standing to initiate a recount (needing only a legal and PR team and lots of $$$).

      Start networking and maybe there's one out there who is as frustrated as we are.

      It's probably not appropriate to put their names here; it's really not appropriate for anyone who has real-life contact with any of them to describe that sort of negotiation in this sort of forum.  

      But as many people as possible should be thinking of their networks and should be passing this idea around wherever they can, to see if someone can persuade one of these people to do the significant that they may ever do for their country.

      List of Ohio's electors is here:
      http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2004/11/01/loc_elex1melect.html

      by BleacherBum153 on Thu Nov 04, 2004 at 03:32:32 PM PDT

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