NM Dem Chair: "I have deep regrets for folks that were not able to wait in line and vote."

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Voters wait in a long line at Montezuma Elementary School to vote in New Mexico's Democratic presidential caucus. The outcome of Tuesday's vote won't be known until nearly 17,000 provisional ballots are counted. Photo by Jake Schoellkopf/The Associated Press.

[KittyWampus]

1. that is a crying shame.

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2. Source:

http://www.abqtrib.com/news/2008/feb/06/massive-super-tuesday-turnout-leaves-new-mexico-ca/

[BattyDem]

3. What went wrong?

Higher turnout than expected? :shrug:

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4. To many Obama voters?

[BattyDem]

5. That would be nice.

:-)

I'll never understand why polling places are understaffed, don't have enough machines and/or don't have enough ballots. There's no excuse for that! Don't they know how many registered voters live in each district? Shouldn't they ALWAYS be prepared to accommodate each and every one of those voters, regardless of the turnout in previous elections? :shrug:

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6. I agree, voters should march on their county clerk's office with torches and pitchforks

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7. Would you wait in that line? Crap, I vote during my lunch break

[joshcryer]

8. Would've went even bigger for Hillary had people not had to get home...

...or to work.

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9. Another amazing story/photo

Poll workers Roy Steriet (center) and Janice Saxton tell the crowd of Democratic voters at Our Lady of Sorrows Church in Bernalillo that there are too many to serve. "The good news is we ran out of ballots," Steriet said, adding, "The bad news is we ran out of ballots." A record number of Democrats turned out for Tuesday's presidential caucus. Photo by Craig Fritz / Trbune