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Edited on Tue Jan-25-05 03:59 PM by KaliTracy
Form Letter -- but I intend to write back and send him a copy of the Conyers' Report!
January 25, 2005
Dear XXXX:
Thank you for contacting me regarding your support for a recount in Ohio for the Presidential election. I appreciate knowing your views on this issue.
As you know, Ohio Secretary of State, Kenneth Blackwell, recently certified President Bush as the winner of Ohio based on official results from county election boards, with the final tally of 2.86 million votes for President Bush (or about 51 percent of the vote) and 2.74 million (or 49 percent) for Senator John Kerry. The decisive 118,775-vote lead by President Bush was not close enough for a mandatory recount; however, the Green and Libertarian party presidential cadidates funded a recount that also showed President Bush winning Ohio by over 118,000 votes.
On January 6, 2005, the Senate voted 74-1 to defeat an objection by Senator Barbara Boxer with regard to certification of Ohio's electoral votes. I voted to defeat this objection because there was no clear evidence of voter fraud and another costly recount could never change the election outcome. Those funds could go to many more important uses, such as improving local schools, funding vital human services, or rebuilding our state's economy. {emphasis mine}
Again, thank you for contacting me. If you have any additional questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me anytime.
Very respectfully yours,
MIKE DEWINE United States Senator
(edited for punctuation)
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