DNC launching top-to-bottom review of the votes in Ohio

[AnIndependentTexan]

Mon Dec 6, 2004 05:06 PM ET

http://olympics.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=domesticNews&storyID=7008777

The election in Ohio was marked by long lines in some polling places and controversy over directives by Blackwell, a Republican, on how provisional ballots should be treated.

Meanwhile the Democratic National Committee said it was launching a top-to-bottom review of the vote in Ohio, not to challenge the outcome but to correct possible problems for future elections.

The investigation will produce a report in several months showing "what happened and why," looking at such issues as undermanned polling places, people waiting in line for hours to vote and questions about provisional ballots, party chairman Terry McAuliffe told a briefing in Washington.

"We want an exact analysis of what went on in the voting on Ohio" regardless of what it costs to produce it, he added.

He said Kerry "feel very comfortable" about his decision not to challenge the outcome in Ohio.

"We know we are not going to overturn the election," McAuliffe said.