Presidential election recount to start within a few weeks (in NM)

[ailsagirl]

By The Associated Press and Current-Argus staff reports
Dec 3, 2004, 03:37 am

SANTA FE — Within the next couple of weeks, sheriff’s deputies will be fanning out around New Mexico personally delivering notices to more than 8,000 poll workers. They’ll be summoned to county courthouses to determine once again the outcome of the presidential race in a state where President Bush has been declared the winner by nearly 6,000 votes.

Libertarian presidential candidate Michael Badnarik, who requested the recount along with Green Party nominee David Cobb, said Wednesday that while it wouldn’t result in a win for either third-party candidate, it could determine whether votes were counted “completely and accurately.”

Badnarik said in light of a “clear bias” against third parties in terms of ballot access and participation in debates, “I don’t think it’s unreasonable to think there may be a bias in the counting.”
The candidates also are seeking recounts in Nevada and Ohio.
“The purpose of the recount is to determine, hopefully once and for all, whether there is corruption in the voting process,” Badnarik said in an interview.

The date for the recount has not been set. State law requires that it begin within 10 working days of the recount request, which would make it Dec. 13 or Dec. 14. Eddy County Clerk Jean Blenden said the recount will add more work for her office.

Rest of article:
http://www.currentargus.com/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi?archive=542&num=10478

[NVMojo]

1. NV investigation is over ...SOS has secret regs to stop recounts

http://www.krnv.com/Global/story.asp?S=2645034&nav=8faOTnZy

Two minor presidential candidates, faced with a Thursday deadline to produce a $346,000 deposit, are dropping their request for a recount of the November second election in Nevada that President Bush won by a 21,500-vote margin.

Lowell Finley, counsel to Libertarian candidate Michael Badnarik and Green Party candidate David Cobb, says the decision to pull the Nevada recount request was made very reluctantly in part because of its cost.

Nevada Secretary of State Dean Heller faxed the candidates a letter with the cost estimate and advising them the money would have to be paid before the recount could start.

Finley says Heller's office was, "obstructionist" but Heller spokesman Steve George says that's not the case. He says the recount process is spelled out in state law and must be followed.

[texpatriot2004]

2. That's too bad NVMojo. I am sorry to hear that. n/t

[regularjoe]

3. Bummer n/t

[Niche]

4. Can't the Kerry camp request, isn't the margin small enough to

get a recount? 5 electoral votes? Damn,DAMN, DAMN! I'm sending another donation over there now. Heller's gonna stop whatever he can.