Recount Dispute Goes Back to N.M. Court [View All]

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Recount Dispute Goes Back to N.M. Court


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State Supreme Court justices are scheduled Monday to hear arguments from lawyers for last year's Green and Libertarian presidential candidates who say the state wrongly handled their request for a recount.

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Green Party presidential candidate David Cobb and Libertarian candidate Michael Badnarik asked for a recount of presidential ballots statewide in late November, saying there were problems with voting machines and counting of paper ballots. They submitted a deposit of $114,400 and contend that was the proper amount based on a formula in state election law.

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Lawyers for Cobb and Badnarik contend that change in law is unconstitutional and is evidence the Legislature intended to give the board powers it did not have in 2004.

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