AP: Presidential Recount Request Headed To Court

[jamboi]

The New Mexico recount is not over but is going to court.

http://www.abqjournal.com/elex/aprecount12-15-04.htm
Presidential Recount Request Headed To Court

By Deborah Baker
The Associated Press
SANTA FE — A judge on Wednesday upheld the state canvassing board's decision to require more than $1 million up front before a recount of presidential votes in New Mexico could begin.
State District Judge Carol Vigil made the ruling after a hearing.
A lawyer for the Green and Libertarian presidential nominees who requested the recount said they would take their fight to the state Supreme Court unless some kind of compromise could be worked out with the board.
"I think the judge's decision does not comply with the law," Lowell Finley said.
He had argued that the board went beyond the law Tuesday when it voted to require the payment of $1.4 million by 10 a.m. Thursday.
Finley said the Greens and Libertarians are "fully prepared" to pay for the recount, but that the law requires a deposit of no more than the $114,400 they already have deposited.
Vigil said the $114,400 "has got your foot in the door," but that the board was within its rights to require more up front.
Finley said he would discuss with board lawyers the possibility of narrowing the recount request to review only a portion of the state's voting machines used in the Nov. 2 general election.

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[roguevalley]

1. good. I heard a chief wouldn't allow his entire pueblo to vote.

that should be looked into.

[DeepModem Mom]

7. Has the issue of Native American voting in NM this election...

been addressed in the press?

[Gloria]

2. I posted this earlier in the original thread about the recount being

off....just so you know it's there, too.

But...we have gotten calls that the training for the volunteers scheduled for tomorrow night has been canceled....

[KoKo]

4. The recount is off? Or, off pending court appeals? Why isn't NM

complying like Ohio did...even with Blackwell there, they complied.

How can NM opt out? :shrug:

[VegasWolf]

3. Amazing how money can buy an american election. n/t

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

5. No money. No voice.

No voice. No power.
No power. Shit outta luck.

[jamboi]

6. We are changing the dynamic of American democracy by small donations.

So hopefully the no money = no voice thing will be improved.

[jamboi]

8. kick