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<DIV><SPAN class=headline>How can they recount without a paper backup???
"Oh how I hate Ohio State" That is what they say in Michigan!</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=headline>Dick Schmidt</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=headline>Ohio To Go Through Statewide Vote Recount After
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class=byline><B>Reported by: <A
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href="http://www.wcpo.com/wcpo/bios/">Liz Foreman</A></B><BR><B>Photographed by:
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statewide recount of the presidential vote appears inevitable after a pair of
third-party candidates said they have collected enough money to pay for it.
<P>The recount would be conducted after the election results are certified in
early December.
<P>Libertarian Michael Badnarik and the Green Party's David Cobb said on Monday
they raised more than $150,000 in four days, mostly in small contributions.
<P>Ohio law requires payment of $10 per precinct for a recount, or $113,600
statewide.
<P>Badnarik and Cobb said they aren't trying to overturn President Bush's
136,000-vote victory in Ohio, but just want to ensure that all votes were
counted properly in the face of concerns about Election Day irregularities.
<P>"Our bottom line is to stand up for the integrity of the voting process
because the voting process is the heart of the democratic process," said Blair
Bobier, spokesman for Cobb.
<P>Bobier said it will be worth the price to ensure the final outcome can be
trusted.
<P>Carlo LoParo, spokesman for Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell, said the
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