OHIO: Kerry's win in Summit certified

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Kerry's win in Summit certified

http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/news/local/10319275.htm

Count of provisional, absentee votes gives Democrat bigger lead here
and in Stark

By Lisa A. Abraham

Beacon Journal staff writer

Posted on Thu, Dec. 02, 2004

Summit County was one of a handful of counties across Ohio that
certified their election results Wednesday -- the deadline for making
Nov. 2 vote totals official.

Sen. John Kerry widened his lead in the county, capturing an
additional 3,681 votes when provisional ballots and absentee votes
were added.

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In Stark County, where the elections board also certified results
Wednesday, Kerry again increased his margin over Bush from 2,436 votes
in the unofficial total to 3,127 votes, according to the official
count.

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In Franklin County, which includes Columbus, Kerry had 54 percent of
the vote, or 285,500 to 237,252 for Bush, said Matthew Damschroder,
director of the Franklin County Board of Elections.

Kerry's lead in the county widened by 7,171 votes from the unofficial
results, largely because a computer glitch on Election Night recorded
an extra 3,893 votes for Bush in one precinct. The rest of the change
was because of a Kerry advantage in overseas absentee ballots and
provisional votes, Damschroder said.

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1. Sled, let's keep all the Ohio

threads down to one for easier reading.
Transfer this to your other thread. Thanks

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