Ohio Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell certified the vote in November's Presidential Election. The final tally showed President Bush with a 119,000 vote margin over Senator John Kerry.
While this is less than the original 130,000 vote margin is will not trigger an automatic recount in the state.
Although Kerry forces are not contesting the outcome, they have joined forces with the Green and Libertarian parties to ask for a recount. Since the vote margin is not enough for an automatic recount, a party or parties requesting the recount must pay for it. The Green and Libertarian parties have already raised the $113,600 required.
Republican sources say the recount is unnecessary and the $113,600 is only a fraction of the real cost of the recount. The Ohio Secretary of State's Office pegs the cost at $1.5 million.
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