Reply #15: If I remember correctly, blackwell told Kerry campaign there aren't

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250,000 provisional ballots. I believe that they were told that there weren't enough provisionals to overcome Bush's lead in Ohio. So concequently contesting is pointless. Don't quote me on this, but that is what I remember reading in followup discussion re this incident.

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What I do remember is going to my local Kerry headquarters where I was volunteering. I told the regional coordinator that I would be happy to stay on and phone bank or whatever needed to be done while prov.

The regional coordinator said and I am paraphrasing -- "Thanks, but we got a call from national. They looked at the numbers in OHIO, and they just aren't there -- Bush's lead was overwhelming and it couldn't be made up"

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