[CedarDave]

And that makes it even more unlikely that John Kerry can overtake President Bush in New Mexico.

Shining the spotlight on the process kept the Democrats from playing dirty tricks that may have given NM to Kerry. Bill Richardson is saddened.

[Hardastarboard]

I've been keeping an eye on the nut cases over at DU, and trust me, they don't see it this way at all. They are CONVINCED (OK, in denial) that the election was stolen.

Almost every thread in the elections thread there has further "proof" that votes in this or that state were stolen. They're talking about how Kerry's concession isn't legally binding, and how it isn't over until December 13 when the Electoral College votes. They're also cursing Kerry for not standing up to the "Republican vote fraud". Some of them are taking comfort in the idea that Kerry's people are still monitoring the election.

It all reminds me of how the German people put their faith in a "secret weapon" in the last days of WWII. Pathetic, but frightening that they could be so mis-guided.

[DuncanWaring]

"It's a lot sadder than what I would expect because that's a lot of people who thought that their vote counted and it didn't,"

It's a lot sadder than what I would expect because that's a lot of people who are so stupid they thought they could vote without registering.

[sweetliberty]

I'm betting that illegals who were "counting on having their vote counted" account for a large number of these rejected provisional ballots. Thank God for those who gave their time to keep our election honest from being completely taken over by voter fraud.

[naturalized]

3,000 have been accepted and will be counted;

4,000 have been rejected and won't be counted;

2,000 are undergoing further review;

[snip]

The Associated Press reported late Tuesday that the vote gap between President Bush and Sen. John Kerry was 8,273

Ummm, if every vote were for Kerry . . . yada, yada, yada . . . the President still wins. Check my math, but isn't 5000 less than 8273?

[macsmind76]

Funny that ABC world News Tonight had a story on this "election fraud" on Tuesday night's broadcast.

http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=239735&page=1

Verdict, bogus MOONBAT theory, no evidence.


mac

[OldFriend]

A lot more people thought their fraudulent votes would be counted.

[DesertDreamer]

Thanks! This is definitely clearer than yesterday's Tribune article. I still don't understand why KKOB is still using the 25% rejection projection. I just heard it on the "news" again.

[gopheraj]

A lot of them thought that they could go vote anywhere." The primary reason for rejecting the ballots was that the people who cast them were not registered to vote, she said. How stoopit are they? You have to be a total idiot to think you can vote without registering, but I tihnk they knew it and tried it anyway.

[Tennessean4Bush]

Okay, so if 4000 out of 9000 have been rejected thus far, then we can reasonably assume that when the remaining 4000 of the 13,000 are reviewed that approximately 1777 will be thrown out and 1333 will be placed in the "good" pile, while 1000 will be placed in the "questionable" pile. That leaves a total of:

• 3000 good ballots out of the first 9000
• 1333 good ballots out of the last 4000
• 2000 questionable ballots out of the first 9000
• 1000 questionable ballots out of the last 4000

This means that 7333 possible ballots left to count --maximum. Really much less since most of the questionable ballots will not be counted either. Since Bush's lead is greater than the number of good provisional ballots to count, then there is no way for Kerry to overtake him.

[expatpat]

A lot of them thought that they could go vote anywhere

It needs to be said again:"Anyone who isn't smart enough to be able to vote, isn't smart enough to make an informed choice"

[MizSterious]

" The primary reason for rejecting the ballots was that the people who cast them were not registered to vote, she said. "

Well, doesn't that say it all?