Bush certified as the winner of Ohio's electoral votes

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Bush won Ohio by 2%. Nonetheless, demands for recounts continue amid cries of a stolen election.

Flashback: In 2000, Al Gore won the national popular vote by 0.5% of the vote.

Flashback: Bush won Florida by 500 votes.

Back to 2004: Bush won Ohio by 118,775 votes.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – This battleground state on Monday certified President Bush’s 119,000-vote victory over John Kerry, even as third-party candidates prepared to demand a statewide recount.
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The president won Ohio with 2.86 million votes, or 51 percent, to Kerry’s 2.74 million votes, or 49 percent.
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The 118,775-vote lead was closer than the unofficial election night margin of 136,000, but not enough to trigger a mandatory recount. Absentee ballots and provisional votes counted after election night made most of the difference.
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“This was an election where you have some glitches but none of these glitches were of a conspiratorial nature and none of them would overturn or change the election results,” Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell said.
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The presidential election hung on Ohio, prized for its 20 electoral votes. Not until the morning after the election did Kerry finally concede – realizing there were not enough provisional ballots to erase Bush’s lead.
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But presidential candidates for the Green and Libertarian parties planned to file requests for recounts on Monday and Tuesday.
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Recount advocates have cited numerous Election Day problems, from long lines, a shortage of voting machines in predominantly minority neighborhoods and suspicious vote totals for candidates in scattered precincts.
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A ruling by a federal judge in Columbus on Friday rejected one county’s attempt to stop a recount, avoiding a legal precedent that could have stopped other recounts. Green and Libertarian party candidates have already raised the required $113,600.
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Both major parties have said they do not expect the recount to change the result of the election.
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The Democratic Party also said Monday it will examine reports of voting problems in Ohio.
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Outgoing Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe said the party will spend “whatever it takes” to study complaints from Ohio voters.
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McAuliffe said the party is not seeking to overturn the result but to ensure that every vote is counted. He said the study will be conducted by nonpartisan experts to be announced later, with a report issued in the spring that recommends reforms to prevent such problems in the future.
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Blackwell, a Republican, oversaw the election process while serving as one of several statewide GOP leaders who co-chaired Bush’s campaign. The 2000 Florida recount was also administered by a Republican secretary of state, Katherine Harris, who is now a member of Congress.
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In a conference call with reporters, McAuliffe said the panel needs to look at the practice of secretaries of state serving as campaign officials. He said he personally thinks it’s a laudable goal for election officials to be nonpartisan.
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Oh yeah,fascinating! Man, ever since Bush “won” in 2000, even though more people voted for Gore, things have just been uphill for him! Thank you Supreme Court, for deciding the 2000 election for us.
 
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Catholicvegan:
Oh yeah,fascinating! Man, ever since Bush “won” in 2000, even though more people voted for Gore, things have just been uphill for him! Thank you Supreme Court, for deciding the 2000 election for us.
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Do you think Bush stole the presidency in 2004, even though 119,000 more people voted for Bush in Ohio?
 
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Catholicvegan:
Oh yeah,fascinating! Man, ever since Bush “won” in 2000, even though more people voted for Gore, things have just been uphill for him! Thank you Supreme Court, for deciding the 2000 election for us.
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I am glad the court decided the way they did.In Gore’s book on the environment he praised China’s population control. God protect us from mainiacs who would praise China in the area of “population control”.It is by His grace that Gore didn’t get to try it out here.God Bless
 
Only the conspiracy theorists could be disappointed by this result. We can thank Al Gore’s poor sportsmanship in 2000 for making :tsktsk: recounts and delayed concessions a routine part of presidential elections.
 
Gore got more votes, but since Bush’s daddy has friends on the Supreme Court (5/4 split) Bush won. That’s just not fair at all. You tell me who decided the election- million of Americans, or 10 Supreme Court justices.
 
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Catholicvegan:
Gore got more votes, but since Bush’s daddy has friends on the Supreme Court (5/4 split) Bush won. That’s just not fair at all. You tell me who decided the election- million of Americans, or 10 Supreme Court justices.
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ROFLOL! Really CV, your so called debate points are moot! :rolleyes: Al Gore has been a Washington insider all of his life. His father, Al Gore, Sr., was also a senator from Tennessee and exposed his young son to the likes of John F. Kennedy and Sam Rayburn. He attended Washington’s elite St. Albans School and went on to Harvard. He played the…“Daddies friends card”, to the hilt, all of his political career. :rotfl: :rotfl: :whistle:
 
The Florida votes were in fact re-counted by several news organizations after the 2000 election. Bush still won the state. Had the supreme court ordered a full recount of Florida, it would have made no difference in the outcome.
 
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JimG:
The Florida votes were in fact re-counted by several news organizations after the 2000 election. Bush still won the state. Had the supreme court ordered a full recount of Florida, it would have made no difference in the outcome.
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But you don’t understand. Bush’s daddy is friends with ALL of them. He is a really friendly fellow. 😉
 
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gilliam:
But you don’t understand. Bush’s daddy is friends with ALL of them. He is a really friendly fellow. 😉
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Whatever puts him in the lead…😉
 
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AmyS:
Whatever puts him in the lead…😉
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My question is, what difference does it make? If they find out that Gore won the 2000 election, are they going to do anything? Is there a consolation prize? Maybe we can create a position, Vice President of the Senate. He cannot vote, but he does have the authority to speak on any subject for up to 5 minutes per day.
 
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Scott_Lafrance:
My question is, what difference does it make? If they find out that Gore won the 2000 election, are they going to do anything? Is there a consolation prize? Maybe we can create a position, Vice President of the Senate. He cannot vote, but he does have the authority to speak on any subject for up to 5 minutes per day.
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Making fine whine is an art… I think if we set him up on a pedestal with that special position they will be less unhappy… They won’t be satisfied, it will be written in the history books… There will be a picture and Gore will be on the pedestal his beard nicely trimmed and a tear falling down his cheek. Violens will be playing in the background.
 
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