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Lack of ballots at NM (heavily GOP) precinct
KOB radio | 11/7/06 | n/a

Posted on 11/07/2006 8:43:47 AM PST by Cooter

Just heard on the radio that a heavily republican precinct in NM district 1 (Wilson / Madrid race) had only 150 printed ballots this morining. As of 7 AM, there were over 200 people in line to vote. This is a mostly GOP-favorable precinct. The poll workers were actucally turning people away, telling them they'll call them (yeah, right) when new ballots are available. Heather Wilson was interviewed and she said it is criminal to have so few ballots (150 for over 2000 registered voters) for this polling location (this problem wasn't reported for Dem-leaning locations, of course). Lawyers for both sides are are on scene.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Politics/Elections; US: New Mexico
KEYWORDS: democratvotefraud; democratvoterfraud; demvotefraud; demvoterfraud; electionfraud; fraud; votefraud; voterfraud
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To: Cooter

HIDEOUS.

I hope someone gets jail time if this was at all deliberate, which seems certain that it is.


81 posted on 11/07/2006 10:58:51 AM PST by Quix (LET GOD ARISE AND HIS ENEMIES BE SCATTERED. LET ISRAEL CALL ON GOD AS THEIRS! & ISLAM FLUSH ITSELF)
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To: Disambiguator; CedarDave

Mary Hererra is blaming the Secretary of State's Office for the screwup! What a shameless piece of trash!

Although, no level of incompetence is beyond good old Rebecca Vigil Herron.


82 posted on 11/07/2006 11:04:56 AM PST by Tijeras_Slim (Dancing through life like a street mime with tourettes syndrome.)
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To: Tijeras_Slim; CedarDave

Besides all the finger pointing, has the actual issue been resolved?


83 posted on 11/07/2006 11:08:27 AM PST by Disambiguator
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To: Disambiguator

770 said more ballots being printed/delivered. Still, damage done.


84 posted on 11/07/2006 11:09:17 AM PST by Tijeras_Slim (Dancing through life like a street mime with tourettes syndrome.)
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To: Tijeras_Slim; Disambiguator
Not a peep of this from the Journal. From the AbqTrib:

Enough is not quite enough

When U.S. Rep. Heather Wilson showed up at the Church of the Good Shepherd off Tramway Boulevard Northeast to encourage voters in the heavily Republican district to vote, she encountered a stream of voters saying they didn't have a chance.

Precinct 603 had run out of ballots. In a district with more than 2,000 registered voters, Precinct 603 had received 150 paper ballots, said precinct worker Linda Ransom.

Polls opened at 7 a.m. and it quickly became obvious there weren't enough ballots, Ransom said. By 8 a.m., poll workers had called Bernalillo County requesting more. By 9 a.m. the precinct was out.

Beyond the area in which electioneering is prohibited, Wilson workers took the names of voters who had been turned away. A representative of Wilson's challenger, Democratic Attorney General Patricia Madrid, stood nearby.

Additional ballots arrived shortly before 10 a.m. and voting resumed, but Wilson called a news conference for 10:30 to discuss the matter.


This and other election day stories here:
The glitches of Election Day...

85 posted on 11/07/2006 11:34:06 AM PST by CedarDave ("O Lord make my enemies ridiculous." ~ Voltaire. "Will John Kerry do?" - Lord (courtesy catpuppy))
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To: Tijeras_Slim; Disambiguator
Article just posted at the Journal:

Switch To Paper Ballots Gets Off To A Rocky Start

86 posted on 11/07/2006 11:38:39 AM PST by CedarDave ("O Lord make my enemies ridiculous." ~ Voltaire. "Will John Kerry do?" - Lord (courtesy catpuppy))
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To: CedarDave

Can you send that link to drudge?


87 posted on 11/07/2006 11:39:12 AM PST by hispanarepublicana ("Better watch your time." Crooked ref to Colt McCoy in last play of 3rd quarter vs. TTU.)
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To: Disambiguator; Tijeras_Slim
From the Journal article:

Donna Price, a poll worker with precinct 537, also at the Tramway and Paseo site, said people waited more than an hour. She said a poll worker at precinct 603 called repeatedly for more ballots.

"It's not fair. It's just like cheating," Price said.

A presiding judge at precinct 57 at Painted Sky Elementary near Unser and Ladera NW said the precinct opened with only 170 ballots and ran out by 8:30 a.m. About 2,500 are registered in the precinct.

88 posted on 11/07/2006 11:41:47 AM PST by CedarDave ("O Lord make my enemies ridiculous." ~ Voltaire. "Will John Kerry do?" - Lord (courtesy catpuppy))
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To: hispanarepublicana

Sent both links to Drudge


89 posted on 11/07/2006 11:48:54 AM PST by CedarDave ("O Lord make my enemies ridiculous." ~ Voltaire. "Will John Kerry do?" - Lord (courtesy catpuppy))
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To: CedarDave; Tijeras_Slim

Bernalillo county is amazing. They have issues every single time.


90 posted on 11/07/2006 11:50:01 AM PST by Disambiguator
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To: CedarDave; Tijeras_Slim; hispanarepublicana; potlatch; devolve

91 posted on 11/07/2006 11:51:15 AM PST by PhilDragoo (Hitlery: das Butch von Buchenvald)
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To: Disambiguator
Is there any new info about this situation? I'm sure Jim Villanucci will be all over it this afternoon

You for got the /sarc tag.

92 posted on 11/07/2006 11:53:34 AM PST by greyfoxx39 (Media whores,and FR trolls are working overtime to defeat the Republicans Tuesday)
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To: greyfoxx39

What ever happened to Chris Jackson on that new FM talk station?


93 posted on 11/07/2006 11:56:31 AM PST by CedarDave ("O Lord make my enemies ridiculous." ~ Voltaire. "Will John Kerry do?" - Lord (courtesy catpuppy))
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To: PhilDragoo

She looks like her bowels have turned to liquid.


94 posted on 11/07/2006 11:57:13 AM PST by hispanarepublicana ("Better watch your time." Crooked ref to Colt McCoy in last play of 3rd quarter vs. TTU.)
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To: CedarDave

Station is now country. I guess Larry Ahrens ego was bigger than his ratings, and as far as CJ the rabbit boy is concerned... feh!


95 posted on 11/07/2006 12:03:30 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim (Dancing through life like a street mime with tourettes syndrome.)
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To: hispanarepublicana

She's completely shameless. There will be no repercussions, trust me on that one.


96 posted on 11/07/2006 12:04:13 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim (Dancing through life like a street mime with tourettes syndrome.)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

I didn't know CFA was still around. What a loser.


97 posted on 11/07/2006 12:05:39 PM PST by Let's Roll ( "Congressmen who ... undermine the military ... should be arrested, exiled or hanged" - A. Lincoln)
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To: Let's Roll

I was hoping he'd get an Air America show. He's better than Franken and garafalo. :)


98 posted on 11/07/2006 12:07:24 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim (Dancing through life like a street mime with tourettes syndrome.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
I blame man bear pig for staring all this in 2000.

Yeah! Me too! This is serial!
99 posted on 11/07/2006 12:09:06 PM PST by jrg
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To: greyfoxx39

LOL


100 posted on 11/07/2006 12:17:49 PM PST by Disambiguator
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