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Welcome to the North County News: "Recount efforts in Ohio by Kerry intensify

by Adam Stone
A top-ranking official with Democratic Senator John Kerry's presidential campaign told North County News last week that although unlikely, there is a recount effort being waged that could unseat Republican President George W. Bush.

'We have 17,000 lawyers working on this, and the grassroots accountability couldn't be any higher -no (irregularity) will go unchecked. Period,' Kerry spokesman David Wade said.

A verbal firestorm erupted last week between an area supporter of independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader and Wade after the Kerry spokesman derided Nader for creating a 'phony wedge issue between progressives.'

Nader has been calling on Kerry and his vice presidential running mate, Senator John Edwards of North Carolina, to, in his words, 'follow through on their post-election promise to the American people to make sure every vote counts, starting in Ohio.'

A Kerry victory in Ohio means he would have the necessary electoral votes to take the White House."