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Bush Leading State Tally; 19,500 Paper Ballots Still Out (NM)
The Albuquerque Journal ^ | Friday, November 5, 2004 | The Associated Press/Leslie Hoffman

Posted on 11/04/2004 8:42:07 PM PST by CedarDave

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To: Cogadh na Sith
It's the New Mexico way. Remember the two Education Amendments a year ago. One was passing easily but the other one wasn't. Richardson said, "We will just keep counting votes". Amazingly, votes started showing up from all over the place...until the second amendment had enough to pass.

This is just the way things are here in New Mexico. Sanchez was absolutely correct when he said we were a Banana Republic. We are.

There was a lady in the office that was on a complete rant about Bush winning. Some of the things she was yelling were so outrageous that I just left the room.
21 posted on 11/05/2004 7:39:03 AM PST by CougarGA7 (Reporting from the Third World State of New Mexico.)
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To: PhilDragoo

Thanks for that info! Richardson better get thrown out of office in the next election before he really takes the state down!


22 posted on 11/05/2004 7:45:17 AM PST by PhiKapMom
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To: CedarDave
5000 vote difference from State of New Mexico site.

Results for: Statewide Results

Number Of Voters: 730584
Results as of: 11/5/2004 8:39:22 AM Counties Reporting: 4
 
Candidate or Issue Party Votes Percent
 
PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
  JOHN F. KERRY and JOHN EDWARDS Democratic 353925 49.1%
  GEORGE W. BUSH and DICK CHENEY Republican 358925 49.8%

23 posted on 11/05/2004 7:54:47 AM PST by demlosers
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To: carl in alaska
I stepped on the gas, passed the guy on my right, moved to the right and flipped that a##hole off as he passed me.

Good way to get blown away if the guy has been drinking and has a shotgun on the passenger seat.

24 posted on 11/05/2004 7:55:58 AM PST by CedarDave (Served with pride alongside the Swifties, USCG patrol boat, Coastal Division 13, Viet Nam, 1967-68.)
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To: demlosers

Forget that site for now -- the total votes shown are 20,200 less than those shown on the ABQJournal/AP site, which has not changed since last night. Bush is still ahead by 8,366 on that site. The numbers will be changing all day today and as the article says, it won't be until next week until we know the final numbers. Just hope that the State Pubbies have their folks always on top of things so that no one can cheat (maybe put their own locks on the boxes, or have someone watching 24/7).


25 posted on 11/05/2004 8:02:58 AM PST by CedarDave (Served with pride alongside the Swifties, USCG patrol boat, Coastal Division 13, Viet Nam, 1967-68.)
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To: Disambiguator

NM is very little state, but it is long way from place to place but still this should not be a problem. I think Gov Richards is a fool!


26 posted on 11/05/2004 8:05:20 AM PST by JFC ( President Bush, You are being prayed for along with our country daily, by millions of us.)
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To: CedarDave

btt


27 posted on 11/05/2004 8:07:07 AM PST by Ciexyz (Bush still rules. The sun shines over America.)
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To: CedarDave

Those provisional ballots would have to go over 71% for Kerry. If they did -- it would be prima facea evidence of voter fraud.


28 posted on 11/05/2004 8:08:17 AM PST by AmishDude (President Bush got 51 percent of the vote, a figure higher than that of any Democrat in 40 years.)
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To: carl in alaska
On another subject, I drove through New Mexico last Spring and that state has the fastest, rudest drivers I've ever seen anywhere. They're much worse than bitchy California freeway drivers. At one point I was driving back down I-25 from Santa Fe at 82 mph in a 75 zone and some guy in a big pickup tailgates me and sits 10 feet behind me while we're both going 82 mph. I stepped on the gas, passed the guy on my right, moved to the right and flipped that a##hole off as he passed me. I don't mind people wanting to pass even when I'm 7 mph over the speed limit. I let them pass, but just don't tailgate me at high speeds.

To New Mexicans, 82 mph on the Interstate isn't high speed. You were obstructing traffic and should have been ticketed.

29 posted on 11/05/2004 8:14:47 AM PST by LPM1888 (What are the facts? Again and again and again -- what are the facts? - Lazarus Long)
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To: AmishDude

That's assuming that all 19,000 are counted. An earlier article quoted a Pubbie lawyer as saying the standard for being counted is high (at least when the Pubs are looking over the clerk's shoulder) and 50% of them can be thrown out. What we will see here in NM is a repeat of 2000 Florida without the hanging chads -- arguments over whether signatures and addresses match, whether there is a record of registration, etc.


30 posted on 11/05/2004 8:20:38 AM PST by CedarDave (Served with pride alongside the Swifties, USCG patrol boat, Coastal Division 13, Viet Nam, 1967-68.)
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To: PhilDragoo

The Bubba does his best to court New Mexico vote mafia. Check out his presidential pardons during his last days in office. He pardoned two women from New Mexico who were convicted of vote fraud. RATS know the only way they can win is by cheating.


31 posted on 11/05/2004 8:51:30 AM PST by petitfour
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To: CedarDave
President Bush leading by 8,366 votes. But there were at least 19,500 uncounted paper ballots—

Yep that's about the figure they figure they'd need - once they knew what "W"s lead was , to try to skew the results - but I wonder if Richardson will dare carry thru this time - as he did last time in "finding" a box of ballots with JUST ENOUGH to switch over to Gore...

32 posted on 11/05/2004 9:24:41 AM PST by maine-iac7 ( Pray without doubt..."Ask and you SHALL receive")
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To: CedarDave
A couple of pics from this mornings Journal. Does the first one look familar (Florida 2000?):


Tanya Herrera, a Bernalillo County election worker, studies a voting machine tape in Albuquerque while being trained to work in the county's general election canvass.

Preparing for the count, election worker Tom Garrity loads a dolly with boxes of provisional ballots and voter rosters Thursday at the Bernalillo County Voting Machine Warehouse in Albuquerque.
(Wonder how easy it would be for a Rat worker to slip some extra packets of provisional votes into the pile?)

33 posted on 11/05/2004 9:47:05 AM PST by CedarDave (Served with pride alongside the Swifties, USCG patrol boat, Coastal Division 13, Viet Nam, 1967-68.)
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To: CedarDave

New update from ABQ Journal/AP website: W is now up to 9,533 votes ahead of Kerry, an increase of 1,167 votes from earlier this morning. If he breaks 10,000, it will definitely be hard for Kerry to make up the difference in provisional votes (again provided the eagle-eye Pubbies are on the job 24/7 for the next 10 days).


34 posted on 11/05/2004 10:00:58 AM PST by CedarDave (Served with pride alongside the Swifties, USCG patrol boat, Coastal Division 13, Viet Nam, 1967-68.)
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To: CedarDave

I think it is over Cedar Dave. This is all a tempest in a teapot. Relax and enjoy the victory in New Mexico and Iowa.



http://network.ap.org/dynamic/files/specials/election_night_2004/us_map_govsenhouse/index.html?SITE=CSPANELN&SECTION=POLITICS


35 posted on 11/05/2004 10:11:57 AM PST by kabar
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To: kabar

Red looks good on the map, doesn't it??

I was a newbie in 2000, but was posting breaking news updates every 30 minutes or so as the count went back and forth. This time, the Pubbies are not going to let them steal it.

(Yea -- just got our wireless internet service back up! Antenna was blown out of alignment earlier this week and service sucked - 435K speed now!)


36 posted on 11/05/2004 10:28:51 AM PST by CedarDave (Served with pride alongside the Swifties, USCG patrol boat, Coastal Division 13, Viet Nam, 1967-68.)
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To: CedarDave; LPM1888
"Good way to get blown away if the guy has been drinking and has a shotgun on the passenger seat.

Good point. I think it was the next day in Texas I decided to drive a little slower, not pass as many people, and stay in the right lane. There are so many people these days who will tailgate you even when you're passing people at 80+ mph. I also decided not to flip anyone off for the exact reason in your post. After those decisions I had a much more relaxing trip.

37 posted on 11/05/2004 10:40:44 AM PST by carl in alaska (Once a Chargers fan, always a Chargers fan....)
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To: CedarDave

New update on ABQ/AP site, noon MST:

President Bush's lead is 8,539 votes, down 1,000 from my last post.


38 posted on 11/05/2004 11:21:00 AM PST by CedarDave (Served with pride alongside the Swifties, USCG patrol boat, Coastal Division 13, Viet Nam, 1967-68.)
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To: CedarDave

BUMP for new tagline


39 posted on 11/05/2004 11:25:57 AM PST by CedarDave (November 2, 2004 -- Vietnam Veterans Victory Day!)
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To: CedarDave

New update on ABQ/AP site, 3 p.m. MST:

President Bush's lead is 8,808 votes, up 269 from my last post.


40 posted on 11/05/2004 2:27:58 PM PST by CedarDave (November 2, 2004 -- Vietnam Veterans Victory Day!)
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