NEWS: Election Science (PBS 12/3)

Election Science
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/science/july-dec04/election1_12-02.html
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SPENCER MICHELS: The presidential election may have been decided weeks ago, but both activists and scientists are still looking closely at how the vote worked.

In the battleground state of Ohio, which President Bush carried by 136,000 votes, civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, speaking at a church, called for a congressional investigation of the Ohio vote. Other Ohio activists have demanded an inquiry into possible fraud. And two third-party presidential candidates filed a lawsuit asking for a recount -- a suit the Democrats said they would join.

SPOKESPERSON: We are going to get to the bottom of this. Thank you. (Applause)

SPENCER MICHELS: At hearings held by local activists, many complained that Ohio had 92,000 punch cards where no vote for president was registered. They point out that in Cuyahoga County, some areas showed more votes counted than actual voters; a machine near Columbus spit out more Bush voters than there were, but the glitch was caught.
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