Hundreds Gather At Ohio Statehouse To Demand Recount Of Votes; Election Day Is Over But The Contest Is Not (12/05/04)
Reported by: A.P.;12/5/2004 11:54:01 AM cincinnati.com

About 400 people gathered at the Ohio Statehouse to demand a recount of Ohio's presidential election, or at least a look into Election Day irregularities around the state. The crowd listened to speakers who claimed Ohio voters were the victims of a fraud that took votes from John Kerry and gave them to President Bush.

One group says it plans to contest the election in the Ohio Supreme Court and that the fraud details would come out in its court filing, expected Monday. Ohio was the state that the election hung on, and Kerry would have won the presidency had he carried the state's 20 electoral votes. He conceded the day after the election, saying there was not enough provisional and other ballots to swing the results his way.