Judge rules recount should be after winner in declared

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Judge slows Ohio recount

 

 

A federal judge in Ohio today delayed the requested recount of votes that was

to scheduled to take place in the Buckeye state. A pair of third-party

candidates, the Green Party's and Libertarian Michael Badnarik, who raised more

than

$150,000 to cover the state's fee for the second tally, demanded the recount.

President Bush won Ohio by 136,000 votes, according to the unofficial count,

although that did not include more than 100,000 provisional ballots that have

yet to be tallied. Critics of the Ohio voting process claim the state was

riddled with problems, including polling place lines that stretched on for

hours.

 

According to the Associate Press, the Ohio recount will come, but only after

state officals declares a winner: " Judge James G. Carr in Toledo ruled that

the candidates have a right under Ohio law to a recount, but said it can wait.

The judge wrote that he saw no reason to interfere with the final stages of

Ohio's electoral process. Officials have said the results will be certified by

Dec. 6. The [recount] lawsuit…. had asked Carr to issue an order requiring

Ohio

Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell to immediately begin statewide recount of

Nov. 2 voting results. "

 

 

-- Eric Boehlert

 

[07:25 PST, Nov. 24, 2004]

 

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