Paper Ballots in Legal Tangle (lockout of poll watchers New Mexico)

[shraby]

(snip)
Robles' ruling came in response to a temporary restraining order filed Friday by the local Republican Party. Republican watchers were removed for three hours from the county Bureau of Elections last Thursday after complaints they disrupted election workers who were sorting provisional ballots into two piles— those with names on registered voter rolls and those not named on the rolls.
By late Thursday afternoon, partisan watchers were allowed to resume observing workers as they processed the county's provisional ballots. Democratic and Republican officials also observed the audit of the county's election day, early and absentee ballots Saturday and Sunday, with a State Police officer present.
Torres said Vigil-Giron's office advised her to proceed with the count of provisional ballots pending a final decision from the Supreme Court.
The appeal, Torres said Monday, "won't cause a delay as it is."

(more)
<http://www.albuquerquejournal.com/elex/256107elex11-09-04.htm?rrc>

[Gloria]

1. Old story (11/9)---Everyone is HAPPY now, Bush won by about

5500 votes...

Dona Ana Cty. (where I am) went to Kerry, so at least there are some SANE people here......

[shraby]

2. Eloriel is collecting these.

[harmonyguy]

3. Dona Ana Question

You mention you're from Dona Ana. I've spent all the days since the election pouring over New Mexico numbers from the last few elections.

Dona Ana County frustrated the bejeebers out of me, because they didn't post any precinct counts to the web until just a few days ago. Was there any local indication of why the delay? The numbers werent on their own web site site (such as it is) either.

Dona Ana and Sandoval were the only two Counties to provide results so late.

Any info would be appreciated.
HG

[Gloria]

4. As far as I know, it was just the time it took to count everything

once the initial problems were cleared up.

My friend watched things more closely statewide, but I think I'm accurate in what I'm saying.


PS..I know the stories are being collected but I wanted people who just read headlines to know that it was an older story and bring things up to date a bit.

[Eloriel]

5. Can't get to the link --

"the connection was refused" -- could you repost the link and click the little "Check here" box at the top of the message box by "Message FOrmat" so the whole link appears and at least I can copy the link? Thanks.

[Eloriel]

6. Never mind -- I'm in. Thanks! n/t