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from cnn.com

BOSTON, Massachusetts (CNN) -- Sen. John Kerry's presidential hopes appeared to hang on the outcome of the vote in Ohio, where his campaign said early Wednesday that more than 250,000 provisional and absentee ballots remained to be counted.

"We've waited four years for this victory," Kerry's running mate, Sen. John Edwards, told supporters in Boston, Massachusetts. "We can wait one more night."

With 20 electoral votes, Ohio was among the most hotly contested states in Tuesday's election, and CNN projected the vote was too close to call.

Neither candidate appeared likely to claim the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency while its results remained up in the air.

There is still hope...