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Ohio Ballots Skewed to Democrats
By Brad Taylor
Posted on: October 25, 2004
The "butterfly ballot" used in Florida, target of Democrat outrage during the 2000 Presidential election debacle, is once again the center of controversy. Democrats are desperately trying to win Ohio's 20 electoral votes for John F. Kerry and running mate John Edwards. Apparently, the butterfly ballot being used in Ohio provides an enormous advantage to the Democrat candidates.
Notice the image of the butterfly ballot below, listing the candidates on the left next to the corresponding punch ballot. The candidates are listed alphabetically, with the Democrats at the top, and the Republicans at the bottom.
On absentee ballots being used through out the state, the correct punch for Kerry Edwards is directly across from candidate's name (block 6 shaded in blue for illustration purposes).
However, the punch block directly across from the Bush Cheney list is block 14 (shaded in a red highlight). However, block 14 is not a vote for President Bush, as indicated by the number "4" to the right of Cheney's name. The correct punch block is block 4, highlighted in green, above the Kerry-Edwards listing.
The elections board in traditionally Democratic Cuyahoga County has fielded numerous calls from voters confused about the layout of absentee ballots.
If absentee voters cast their vote by trying to line up the little arrow with the punch card, they will punch the wrong vote for President Bush. This issue could be critical to the election outcome in Ohio, because Cuyahoga County includes Cleveland. The elections board has received about 2,000 requests for absentee ballots per day.
Every day that passes, more people are going to send in incorrect absentee ballots favoring the Kerry-Edwards team.
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