Update on New Mexico from the AP!

[JoMama49]

Recount Fight Still On; Candidates Plan To File Notice of Appeal
By Barry Massey
The Associated Press
SANTA FE— Green and Libertarian presidential candidates are continuing
their legal fight for a ballot recount in New Mexico and plan to file a
notice of appeal today with the state Court of Appeals. Lawyers for
Green Party candidate David Cobb and Libertarian candidate Michael
Badnarik said they will ask the court to order a recount of presidential
ballots in the Nov. 2 general election. However, it potentially
could take weeks or even months for the Appeals Court to issue a
decision.
They are appealing a ruling against them by
state District Judge Carol Vigil in Santa Fe. The candidates are
fighting a decision by the state Canvassing Board to charge them in
advance the full cost of a statewide recount— an estimated $1.4
million. They have paid the state a deposit of $114,400 and contend
that's all state law initially requires to obtain a statewide recount.
The candidates acknowledge they must later pay the full costs of the
recount if it doesn't change the outcome of the presidential race.
President Bush defeated Democrat John Kerry in New Mexico by nearly
6,000 votes and a recount isn't expected to change Bush's win. But Cobb
and Badnarik want a recount to focus on potential voting problems in New
Mexico. Lowell Finley, a lawyer for the candidates, said Tuesday the
canvassing board has failed to follow the law by demanding full payment
in advance. He contends the Canvassing Board— made up of the
governor, the secretary of state and the chief justice of the Supreme
Court— must order a recount once candidates pay an initial deposit
based on the number of voting machines and precincts involved. The
state Supreme Court last week without explanation denied the candidates'
emergency request to order an immediate recount of votes. The
candidates went to the Supreme Court with an expedited lawsuit rather
than taking the traditional but slower approach of going to the Court of
Appeals after losing in district court. Finley said in a telephone
interview the candidates will ask the Appeals Court to issue a stay to
prevent county clerks from clearing election returns from voting
machines while the legal challenge is pending in the weeks or months
ahead. Filing a notice of appeal should be enough to preserve vote
tallies statewide for a recount, according to Finley.
http://www.abqjournal.com/elex/279977elex12-29-04.htm
also:
URL for Green recount reports for Ohio counties

[saracat]

1. Hooray for the Glibs! And shame on Richardson for the roadblocks. I hope

people remember this when he seeks higher office and he will!

[Ken Burch]

2. Which will dovetail with labor's long memories

Of Richardson's betrayal of them in his passionate support of NAFTA.
(Mr. Rogers "this is Tony Richardson. Can you say crossborder sweatshop? I knew that you could...")to stop him from getting on a presidential ticket anytime soon.

[NMDemDist2]

3. i saw Richardson at the Nucleus Club luncheon and was totally

underwhelmed, weren't you sara? Now Ed Rendell was a different story :)

[saracat]

6. I've met him a couple of times and I don't trust him. Way too

conservative for me. A true centrist. Rendell is a neat guy, a real old school politician. And ,cough, guess whose state pulled it out? I think they fall all over Richardson because he is hispanic, but he sure isn't a great speaker, and what he is doing now is downright creepy! And Happy New Year to you AzDemDistrict6!

[NMDemDist2]

7. and to you too sara! I'll be back around closer to '06, but a night

meeting is tough for me to make

I'm usually in bed by 7PM

[bemis12]

8. Judging by our current President

public speaking isn't a necessary qualification.

[Clark2008]

9. Nor is it important n/t

[kerrygoddess]

10. possible Richardson scenario

if everyone connected to the K campaign is staying mum on all of this for a reason, that could be why Richardson said what he said. Just a thought.

[saracat]

11. Its not what he is saying its what he is doing. He is blocking the recount

[kerrygoddess]

13. oops I read it wrong...

well who knows.

[NVMojo]

4. I admire these people for sticking with it, I was sad they left NV ...

[Brundle_Fly]

5. the only reason I can figure...

Richardson would block a recount is that he had his scam in on the election as well, just not as good as the repukes, and maybe not as well hidden.

[Quakerfriend]

12. Yup, Brundle Fly you are probably right!

And, to think that I used to like him!

[rodeodance]

14. maybe that is why the Dems are quiet--they had their own fraud going!!

[Brundle_Fly]

15. it is pretty inconceivable to

figure they didn't have some stakes in the fraud fire, we all knew that shrub was going to try, something had to be done, I bet that is why the whole thing is being treated so "subvertly"

democracy....dead

I think our only real chance is to rage against the machines....no more machines in elections...I'd bet that is a doable goal, as both sides that want democracy, hate the fact they had no choice in the matter.

[fearnobush]

16. Bingo.

However, a few dead voters from news paper obituaries pales in comparison to a electronic voting system paid and provided for to the voters from the wealthiest of the Republican party. If you own the machines, you own the vote.

[Vidar]

17. Cheering the Glibs on.