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<div class="posttitle">The election challenge is officially over here in Ohio</div> 

<blockquote>Three dozen voters challenging the presidential election results in the Ohio Supreme Court asked to drop their lawsuit Tuesday, saying it is moot with last week's certification of the electoral vote and the upcoming inauguration.

<p>--<a title="ABC News: Lawsuit Over Ohio Voting Dropped" href="http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=403204">ABC News: Lawsuit Over Ohio Voting Dropped</a></blockquote><br />
That's odd, I thought the challenges were about making sure everyone's vote counted, not about affecting the result...  Whoops, there goes the supposedly idealistic rationale for the whining.</p>

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