That's $4,716.98 per vote folks!
Election officials finished the presidential recount in Ohio on Tuesday, with the final tally shaving 318 votes off President Bush's six-figure margin of victory in the state that gave him a second term.
The recount shows Bush winning Ohio by 118,457 votes over John Kerry, according to unofficial results provided to The Associated Press by the 88 counties. Lucas County, where Toledo is located, was the last to report its results Tuesday.
The state had earlier declared Bush the winner by 118,775 votes and planned to adjust its totals to reflect the recount later this week.
The Kerry campaign supported the recount, but said it did not expect the tally to change the election winner. Supporters of the recount, requested by two minor party candidates, said they wanted to make sure that every valid vote was counted.
The Ohio secretary of state's office claims that the cost of the recount to be $1.5 million, because 3 percent of the ballots in each county have to be counted by hand; many counties lack central counting equipment; and poll workers have to return and count many of the ballots
~When they say they want your vote they mean it!
The recount shows Bush winning Ohio by 118,457 votes over John Kerry, according to unofficial results provided to The Associated Press by the 88 counties. Lucas County, where Toledo is located, was the last to report its results Tuesday.
The state had earlier declared Bush the winner by 118,775 votes and planned to adjust its totals to reflect the recount later this week.
The Kerry campaign supported the recount, but said it did not expect the tally to change the election winner. Supporters of the recount, requested by two minor party candidates, said they wanted to make sure that every valid vote was counted.
The Ohio secretary of state's office claims that the cost of the recount to be $1.5 million, because 3 percent of the ballots in each county have to be counted by hand; many counties lack central counting equipment; and poll workers have to return and count many of the ballots
~When they say they want your vote they mean it!


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