have president kerry. and in ohio, we have a situation where every voters was mail would an absentee ballot application and they sent that in and a week ago, we had as many as 800,000 who had sent for an absentee ballot that had not turn today in. if they decide to vote the old-fashioned way. once they go to poling place, they wouldn't be allowed to vote. they would have to vote a provisional ballot because we don't want them voting twice. provisional ballots are not counted until november 17th. what we would have is ape situation where we would have to wait if we had a close race on the traditional balolt. michael barone is right, you know, it is a scenario that we can all laugh and joke about. if it is it a tight race, it