COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohioans are still paying for the 2004 presidential election.
The secretary of state's office says more than $1 million has been spent already to settle seven lingering lawsuits. More than a dozen cases remain in state and federal courts.
Lawsuits have challenged then-Secretary Ken Blackwell's election directives, such as restricting news media exit polling, and the narrow results that clinched President Bush's re-election over Democrat John Kerry.
Blackwell is seeking to become the next Republican National Committee chairman. He says Jennifer Brunner, his Democratic successor, decided to settle cases that the state could have won in court.
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