Democrats recruit Irish to pip Bush in the post

IRISH Democrats have signed up hundreds of postal voters in a bid to win the US presidential election for John Kerry.

There are an estimated 40,000 American passport holders in Ireland and all are entitled to send absentee ballots to their states for the November election.

Democrats Abroad Ireland chairwoman Rebecca Woolf said: “We’re looking to get more numbers because in the closest states such as New Mexico and Florida, a few hundred votes from us would certainly tip the balance.”