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Turnout higher in Ohio in 2004

The Columbus Dispatch; Friday, November 7, 2008

written by Mark Niquette

(I give you everything except the link because I still haven't figured out why I can't link to this article)

Turnout higher in Ohio in 2004

Basically, if the numbers are correct, more people voted in Ohio in the 2004 election than in the 2008 election, despite the record number of registered voters. Experts, including a political science professor at Ohio State University, are puzzled.

I'll never be able to prove it, but I suspect the numbers are NOT correct, not even close, from the 2004 election. Bush barely won that election here in Ohio. In fact, until the time we went to bed sometime after midnight, the returns showed Kerry was ahead, granted not by much. Then, the magic happened in the darkness of the night, and we woke up to discover Bush collected more votes. You may recall there was a serious attempt at a recount in this state, but the entire voting process was overseen and directed by J. Kenneth Blackwell, Republican, and (then) Secretary of State and Vice-Chairman of the RNC's Platform Committee. The recount efforts were challenged, subverted, and some recount volunteers were even harassed. Blackwell stalled as long as he legally could, refused to appear at a hearing called by John Conyers, and found so many ways to creatively subvert the efforts at a vote recount, which is guaranteed by the United States Constitution. 

So. Did fewer people vote in 2008 than in 2004? I doubt it. 

I suspect there were more..."votes"...recorded...for  Bush in 2004...

or something like that.