Glitch delays count, Clerk seeks final count by Friday meeting (NM Vote update)

Albuquerque Tribune ^ | November 11, 2004 | Ed Asher

[CedarDave]

Current ABQJournal/AP count as of the time of this post has President Bush ahead by 8,333 votes. These numbers will change tomorrow as the 5,800+ Bernalillo County provisional votes and remaining absentee/overseas are entered into the system.

[EllaMinnow]

John Fund just said on FOX that New Mexico is finished. Sh&T! I was hoping that he was right.

[pookie18]

According to John Fund 5 minutes ago (appearing on Brit Hume's Special Report)...the counting is over & Pres. Bush won by ~ 5,000 votes!!!

[AuH2ORepublican]

Are those 5,800+ ABQ ballots the only ones remaining to be counted? Or has Richardson found some additional ballots?

[Dr. Frank fan]

The batch showed that all disqualified ballots were Democrat, and those that qualified were all Republican, Herrera said. She said she did not know the exact number of ballots, and she did not immediately know the precinct number. "I'm going to do further investigation, and I'm going to meet with the presiding judge," Herrera said. "It seems really suspicious. I don't believe somebody would do that purposely. I hope not. I'm hoping it was just human error."

Um.

You see, I suspect that this Herrera person thinks that if there's a batch of provisional ballots, and some are rejected, and all the rejected ones are (D)s, this indicates something suspicious on the part of the person who rejected them.

To me, the obvious interpretation is completely the opposite: it indicates something suspicious on all those (D)s who asked for and cast provisional ballots though they were not properly registered to vote, had already voted, etc.

[Brilliant]

Looks like Bill Richardson screwed up big time.

[Mrs. Obelix]

They are getting their hopes up at Democratic Underground. "See if Kerry got 100% of the provisional votes and 150% of the absentee votes and if we challenge the census because illegal aliens were inadequately counted, we can up the electoral college votes for New Mexico and if we can prove that Diebold is just a smokescreen for Halliburton..."

[BigSkyFreeper]

The glitch is the fat guy in the Governor's mansion.

[rellimpank]

---especiallly if he was paid in advance--

[Springman]

Ping.

[CedarDave]

That's Bernalillo County only. Probably about the same number or less for the rest of the state.

[finallyatexan]

I heard him say he had just talked to officials in NM and they said counting was done - Bush won by 5000

[I'mPeach]

"According to John Fund ...the counting is over & Pres. Bush won by ~ 5,000 votes!!!"

I heard that as well, it sounded like a done deal to me!

[demlosers]

Exactly.

[jbwbubba]

It may be over if Fund actually spoke with someone and he gave him numbers. Most of the provsionals were handcounted, so they know they numbers, they just can't enter them in the computer. Least that is my hope

[CedarDave]

Don't know where Fund is getting his numbers. The SOS office has Bush ahead by 7,414 votes with a total Bush+Kerry of 691,096.

The ABQJournal/AP has Bush up by 8,333 votes with a total B+K of 737,053 votes.

[CedarDave]

Maybe the Democratic county clerks are calling totals in to the SOS office, and since today was a holiday, maybe no one has entered total into the website (though is says is was updated within the last hour)>

[Truth Table]

Let them get their hopes up. They are done. This just means that more of the shrinks the libs are visiting for "Post Election Stress Trauma" will get some more billable hours.

[greyfoxx39]

BTTT

[pookie18]

If I wasn't clear, that's what I heard as well.