US Pres Ohio votes cast... what % of total Ohio adult population?

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.......

This article has the latest news I could find about this:

Appeals court sides with Ohio secretary of state
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/10/11/appeals_court_sides_with_ohio_secretary_of_state/?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Latest+news

I predict that the RATIO of votes cast/population for Ohio will be greater than any other state....

Just to add to the background info: With the deadline to register for the Nov. 4 election now passed, there are a little under 8.2 million people registered to vote in the state of Ohio (as reported by the Columbus Dispatch on Oct. 7).

Amazing, 8.2M registered to vote out of an adult population of about 8.7M..... kudos Ohio for you unusually high level of participation....

Are you sure it's not 8.7M registered to vote out of an adult population of 8.2M?
Vote early and vote often.

The question asks "what % of total Ohio adult population?" And the choices are in total votes cast. Am I the only one who sees a problem with how this question is worded?

@ frank2877....

I understand your point, I was constrained by the character count of the question field, there are not enough literal spaces to allow for a better worded question like, "how many million voters in Ohio...", I still think it's amazing that apparently 8.2M out of a potential field of 8.7M Ohioans over age 18 are registered to vote; this equates to more than 92.4%....My strong suspicion is that the registered voters are not a 100% 1 to 1 match to citizens, the ref. article lends credence to this suspicion.

No, frank, I thought the same thing, but didn't want to nitpick. With the categories set up this way, it would have made more sense to ask how many Ohioans would vote on November 4. However, it isn't like there is any ambiguity in the options -- people know what they are wagering on when the put money on a category, so the question can be settled.
For those who are somewhat interested in the percentages, but not Type A enough to actually do the math, here are the APPROXIMATE percentages for the categories (loosely rounded since settlement will not be based on my numbers) according to the population estimate given by valor:
Less than 64.3%
64.3% to <75.8%
75.8% to 87.25%
Greater than 87.25%

By the way, I actually came here to provide an update to my previous comment:
Secretary Brunner just announced that the eligibility of about a third of the new registrations need to be verified due to inconsistencies. If all of those registrations end up being thrown out, that would reduce the number of registered voters from about 8.2 million to about 8.0 million.

@valornhonor,
In 2000, there were over 7.5 million registered voters (63.7% actual turnout in Nov). In 2004, there were over 7.9 million (71.7% actual turnout). Given the trend toward increased participation here in Ohio (and elsewhere for that matter), I don't think another 0.3 million valid registrations is too much of a stretch.

I hope the buckeye doesn't get a black eye.

Apparently the 200K registrations that seemed to not match Social Security and Driver's records will be allowed to stand, as is.

First of all, the Supreme Court did not rule that the 200,000 mismatches need to stand as is. The counties have access to the state database and can use it to verify registrations. The issue was over whether or not the state needed to provide each county with a separate list of mismatches. Further, the mismatches do not mean that the registrations aren't valid. There are known to be probelms with the way that the computer system (set up when the GOP had control) matches the data:
** For example, "Brunner said it appears that when new voters provide a driver's license number and it matches motor-vehicle records, the computer still tries to match the Social Security database and a mismatch is returned because the voters left that field blank on their registration."
** In addition, "Voting-rights groups also insisted that studies have shown a large percentage of the mismatches are the results of typos when information is entered into databases or legitimate discrepancies, such as people giving a full name when they register and a shortened name when they get a driver's license."
So, some of the 200,000 registration may be fraudulent, but it isn't necessarily the case that all, or even most of them are. Furthermore, while voter fraud certainly isn't impossible, Ohio's I.D. requirements provide a lot of safeguards on election day even if these registrations stand.
I haven't agreed with Brunner on all of the legal issues here, but she has a point about the GOP waiting until the end of September to make this request. They have a history, here in Ohio, of using 11th-hour tactics like this to wrongfully purge lists in Democratic counties including a massive caging effort targeting Democrats in 2004 (which, despite federal court intervention, is estimated to have prevented nearly twice the number of legitimate votes that are in question this year -- funny that it got far less coverage than this year's fiasco). It's time to move to a bipartisan elections panel, and take the elections oversight duties away from the Secretary of State altogether. Too late for this election, but for such a key swing state it seems like a logical move...which is why I'm sure Ohio will never do it.

destry - you have done a fine job settling all 5 (hehe) of the election questions. as i'm sure most HD'rs know i don't always agree with you. i'm still man enough to give credit where credit is do. congradulations on a job well done!