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Monday, Nov. 29, 2004 12:28 p.m. EST
Jesse Jackson: Ohio Prez Vote 'Not Yet Decided'
The Rev. Jesse Jackson has joined the move by the Kerry campaign and state Democratic Party officials to press for a recount in Ohio, telling supporters that the race there "has not yet been [decided] because of so many irregularities 26 days after the election."
Jackson said in a telephone interview that he was organizing "a kind of statewide sharing of experiences" that would mobilize citizens and result in "collective state action," according to the Cincinnati Post.
"We are pulling people together from around the state," he explained.
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The civil rights leader called on the Ohio Supreme Court to set aside President Bush's Nov. 2 victory, saying that uncounted punch-card votes, disqualified provisional ballots, discrepancies between exit polling and results, and too many votes counted for Bush indicates that Kerry may have actually won the state.
"We can live with winning and losing," Jackson said. "We cannot live with fraud and stealing."
Bush defeated Kerry in Ohio by 136,000 votes, according to unofficial results, which are scheduled to be certified no later than Dec. 6.
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