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There has been roughly 175 convictions of felons voting illegally and another 60 cases are pending. >> you think dan mcgrath would be pleased but he is not. >> the number is not the number of felons, it's much higher than that. >> according to our research thousand felons participated in the election. >> eric: if that is number the right, that is triple the vote margin of victory. this much is true. the actual number of felons who illegally voted is larger than the number of convictions because you have to intend to vote illegally to be guilty. rick is assistant prosecutor in charge for the wa...

>> the state evidence indicates there has been roughly 175 convictions of felons voting illegally and another 60 cases pending. you think he would be pleased. >> the number of felons is not the number that were supposed to. it's much higher than that. >> eric: how many? >> thousand felons participated in the election. >> if that number is right, that is triple the vote margin of victory. the actual number offelons that illegally voted is larger because you have to do it. in charge of voter fraud for the washington county's attorney office. he convicted 16 people based on part on the list. >> i...

You can look at the state based on the country of ohio, the countryside of ohio and the city and the big-city votes here. this is franklin county, capitol city, columbus located here. have you a little more than half the vote in. this is where mitt romney really wanted to run up the score. he has a 5-point edge and there is a lot of vote in franklin county. so that's part of the reason why we have this mix together to try to figure out whether or not we could make a call, because have you returns in franklin county and it's really growing in delaware, north of columbus, this is just a bit more...

details. we wrap it up here. "starting point." i'm going to hop on a plane and get to south carolina. we hand it over to "cnn newsroom." i'll see you back here tomorrow i'll see you back here tomorrow morning. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com good morning, everyone. we start this hour with that doomed cruise ship off italy and fading hope to find anymore survivors. people are still missing in those frigid waters. two americans. at least 11 people have been killed. rescue operations are on hold again because it's too risky for divers as the cruise ship moves in the water. meanw...

In iowa. [laughter] >> and maybe, could we double that number? instead of an eight vote margin? 16 i sure hope, i want to win. let me tell you, don't get too confident with the poll numbers, i've watched polls come and go and thanks change quickly, it's fluid and i need to make sure you guys get your friends to go out and vote and you vote as well. >> jamie: none of the candidates taking anything for granted in new sham hire, while romney may be number one in that average that could change with one big debate around the corner. chief political correspondent carl cameron live in amhurst, new ha...