John Kerry was right, even after the provisional ballots were counted he'd still not have enough. President George W. Bush has passed the 60 million vote mark, with Kerry trailing the election by more than three million votes. GOPwned

[quote author=hismajesty[yL] link=topic=9525.msg88669#msg88669 date=1100292124]
John Kerry was right, even after the provisional ballots were counted he'd still not have enough. President George W. Bush has passed the 60 million vote mark, with Kerry trailing the election by more than three million votes. GOPwned
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Hmm, for the popular vote, but what about getting an electoral majority? Are the number of provisional ballots in each state smaller than the difference in votes there?

There were only about four states that had less than or equal to 40% popular vote for Bush. So, though I'm not sure of the figures, I don't think this would help Kerry in _any_ state.

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[quote author=hismajesty[yL] link=topic=9525.msg88669#msg88669 date=1100292124]
John Kerry was right, even after the provisional ballots were counted he'd still not have enough. President George W. Bush has passed the 60 million vote mark, with Kerry trailing the election by more than three million votes. GOPwned
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Hmm, for the popular vote, but what about getting an electoral majority? Are the number of provisional ballots in each state smaller than the difference in votes there?
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Are you familiar with how exactly the electoral college works?

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[quote author=Adron link=topic=9525.msg88675#msg88675 date=1100295036]
Hmm, for the popular vote, but what about getting an electoral majority? Are the number of provisional ballots in each state smaller than the difference in votes there?
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Are you familiar with how exactly the electoral college works?
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Somewhat. The way I understand it, if there are more than 136483 provisional ballots in Ohio, it would be possible for Kerry to gain 20 and Bush to lose 20 elector votes?

How likely is it that 136,483 straight would vote for Kerry?

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How likely is it that 136,483 straight would vote for Kerry?
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Highly unlikely :)

Still, it's a possibility. And if there were three times as many provisional ballots, and if some Republicans somewhere had tried to affect the outcome of the election by trying to finger Democrats and turn their ballots provisional, it'd even be a strong possibility.

Would be better to just count them as quickly as possible and prevent conspiracy theories.

How come Democrat election fraud is hardly ever mentioned? It certainly happens.

It doesn't really matter though, even if Kerry somehow got every provisional ballot he still wouldn't be president.

[quote author=hismajesty[yL] link=topic=9525.msg88705#msg88705 date=1100305026]
How come Democrat election fraud is hardly ever mentioned? It certainly happens.

It doesn't really matter though, even if Kerry somehow got every provisional ballot he still wouldn't be president.
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Democrat election fraud will be mentioned when they win.. That's the way it works - why accuse the loser of cheating? :)

And it'll always matter for some, so better to count, tell, and be done with it.

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[quote author=Hazard link=topic=9525.msg88683#msg88683 date=1100299982]
[quote author=Adron link=topic=9525.msg88675#msg88675 date=1100295036]
Hmm, for the popular vote, but what about getting an electoral majority? Are the number of provisional ballots in each state smaller than the difference in votes there?
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Are you familiar with how exactly the electoral college works?
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Somewhat. The way I understand it, if there are more than 136483 provisional ballots in Ohio, it would be possible for Kerry to gain 20 and Bush to lose 20 elector votes?
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Vaguely possible. The assumption the Kerry camp would have to make is ATE LEAST 125,000 of those 136,483 would have to be for Kerry.