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>> neil: lawyers are circling in ohio, for weeks now, convinced the race will be tied. each side preparing for the legal fight they feel is unavoidable. eric shawn on counselors counting on a recount. >> hi, neil. the lawyers are in town. you cant get a table in cleveland until 10:00 at night. here is how it works. automatic recount will kick in. if the margin of difference is one-quarter of 1%, 20,000 votes of 8 million all told to ohio voters. could there be one? the counties have to certify t...

Left. that said, let me give you the good news or the bad news. ohio has a history of having 3% to 12% its vote uncounted on election night. what does that mean? if the margin is less than 2 percentage points tonight. nbcs not calling this race, nobody will be calling this race. theres every chance we cant call this race tonight. we have a couple models that indicate the margin between romney and santorum could be less than a quarter of 1%. what does that mean? automatic recount, believe it or n...

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That is not the way we do politics. that is not what our constitution says. if there are election irregularities, the secretaries of state, of each state, have automatic recount rules. what happened in florida in the year 2000, it was half of 1%, automatic recount. those are the things that this country does. but to assume, as he does, up front, that there will be fraud and, therefore, he has to sue tashgss it to a different level entirely. >> its a whole different level, what were hearing right...