Nader-Requested Recount Starts in New Hampshire

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Nader-requested recount starts in New Hampshire

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A recount of some New Hampshire towns requested by independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader began Thursday, to check the accuracy of optical scan vote-counting machines.

Nader, who paid $2,000 for the recount, requested it for 11 of the state’s 126 precincts that use Diebold Inc.’s Accuvote optical scanning machines to count paper ballots. The campaign said that depending on the results, it could ask for recounts in other states, as well.

Thursday’s hand recount was expected to focus on five precincts in Manchester and Litchfield. Some of those overlap with a recount being done for a state Senate race.

The scheduling of the other precinct recounts depends on the campaign. More money, about $3,500 to $4,000, would be required for those precincts, said Bud Fitch, assistant attorney general.

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