Breath, y'all: Kerry attys in Ohio

All y'all who've been screaming about the Kerry campaign, relax. From the Cleveland Plain Dealer:

Lawyers with John Kerry's presidential campaign are gathering information from Ohio election boards about uncounted ballots and other unresolved issues from last week's election.

Attorneys say they are not trying to challenge the election but are only carrying out Kerry's promise to make sure that all the votes in Ohio are counted. They describe this effort, which began this week, as a "fact-finding mission." ...

Dan Hoffheimer, the statewide counsel for the Kerry campaign, said the goal is to identify any voting problems to prevent them in the future - and quell doubts about the legitimacy of the Ohio election being raised on the Internet.

"We're not expecting to change the outcome of the election," Hoffheimer said. "We want to be sure that the public knows what really happened."

Update: Here's a statement from the Ohio Democratic Party:

Every Vote Will Be Counted! – Updated 11/10/2004 – 11:30 a.m. The Ohio Democratic Party shares Sen. John Kerry’s insistence that every vote be counted. Here is where we stand in Ohio: [blah, blah, blah]