NM still counting. 13-12 for Clinton- winner in popular count picks up the extra delegate.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080208/ap_on_el_pr/new_mexico_caucuses;_ylt=AguxXBPHNEHnXwQmvW3q0nph24cA


N.M. Dems get apologies but no winner

By HEATHER CLARK, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 57 minutes ago

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Three days after New Mexico voted, Democratic officials offer apologies and finger-pointing — but have no winner. Hillary Rodham Clinton holds a slight lead, but the state is still counting 17,000 provisional ballots given to voters because of long lines and a shortage of ballots.


All that's really at stake are bragging rights to another popular vote victory. Only one delegate hangs in the balance.

Based on results so far, Clinton has 13 delegates and her rival Barack Obama has 12. The popular vote winner will get another one.

With nearly 140,000 votes counted so far, Clinton holds a roughly 1,100-vote lead over Obama.

As the image of New Mexico election workers hunched over ballots recalls Florida's "hanging chad" spectacle of 2000, Democratic Party officials, who ran the election, warn that the count could last well into next week — perhaps until Feb. 15 when they have to certify the results. It took until late Thursday for the Clinton and Obama camps to agree on a process for tallying provisional votes.