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Did Democrats Concede Too Early? There's a Movement Afoot to Find Out

If it seemed really weird to you that John Kerry conceded without all the votes being counted in Ohio, you're definitely not alone.

MSNC Commentator Keith Olbermann writes today:

"The most pleasing thing of the last three days of blogs and newscasts is the reassurance from political professionals that all of you (all of us) who have wondered about what went on a week ago yesterday are not necessarily nuts. We might not necessarily be right, but there are some very stodgy, very by-the-book folks who think weíre damned right to be asking."

"Interestingly," he writes, "none of the complaining emailers took issue with the remarkable results out of Cuyahoga County, Ohio. In 29 precincts there, the Countyís website shows, we had the most unexpected results in years: more votes than voters.

Iíll repeat that: more votes than voters. 93,000 more votes than voters.

Oops.

Talk about successful get-out-the-vote campaigns! What a triumph for democracy in Fairview Park, twelve miles west of downtown Cleveland. Only 13,342 registered voters there, but they cast 18,472 votes.

Vote early! Vote often!"

There's a petition on recountOhio.org

A Technorati search produces 106 posts referring to blackboxvoting.org, (site currently down,) which is spearheaded by investigative reporter Bev Harris, author of the book, Black Box Voting.

Read a Nov 8 interview with her on DemocracyNow


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BL Ochman | Nov 10 04 11:43 | TrackBack (0)

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About BL Ochman
BL Ochman
B.L. Ochman, Managing Director of Emerging Media for Proof Intergrated Communications, the digital marketing arm of Burson-Marsteller, has been helping Fortune 500 companies strategically incorporate new media into their marketing mix since 1996.

She contributes to Ad Age Digital Next, Mashable, Business Week and others. On Twitter, she is @whatsnext.

She is co-founder of the pet lovers' site and blog, Pawfun.com - where you can create and send free photo e-cards of your pets and create a variety of great products featuring your pet’s photo.

This is my personal blog, where I share my own thoughts and opinions, which do not represent the views of Proof or its clients.






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