NM: Clerk:10,000 (of 13,000) provisional ballots invalid

http://www.abqtrib.com/archives/news04/110904_news_vote1.shtml

Out of 13,000 provisional and in-lieu-of ballots, Bernalillo County Clerk Mary Herrera said today she has only qualified 3,000 as legitimate votes.

"We have about eight boxes that didn't qualify," Herrera said today. "They were not registered to vote."

Another 2,000, she said, were in a "questionable" category, and would be reviewed and certified today.

Provisional ballots were the final hang-up for Bernalillo County in counting votes for the 2004 election.

The paper ballots are given to people who show up on Election Day but whose voter information does not appear immediately on the voter registration lists. Likewise, in-lieu-of ballots are given to voters who applied for absentee ballots but who did not receive one by the time Election Day rolled around.

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Let the recount continue.

Were there Democratic voter registrations thrown away in NM as well?

The rethuglicans were busy preparing before the election. This is one of the results.

and then threw out the dem registrations? This is the fruit of their labor. And I am sure more groups were doing it.
I think this is the cause of all the Ohio & FL "over" votes as well.

affiliation, now do they?

10,000 people thought they were registered.

Are they being notified?

My, wasn't the provisional ballot a good idea. Who thought of it?

......"Since the presidential race has been close in New Mexico, the attention paid to provisional balloting has been intense.

At the county warehouse Monday, both political parties had representatives loitering, waiting, and closely watching the ballot counting process."

"It's about counting the votes and defending the integrity of the system," said Matt Farrauto, spokesman for the New Mexico Democratic Party.

In light of the ongoing count, Vigil-Giron has taken some criticism from the New Mexico Republican Party.

"Rebecca Vigil-Giron's conduct and performance as our elected secretary of state has been inadequate at best and disgraceful at worst," state Republican Party Chairman Allen Weh said. "We're still counting ballots a week after Election Day, and she's blaming everybody but herself for these problems."

Weh suggested Vigil-Giron, a Democrat, consider resigning after the election.

But provisional ballot counting is ongoing all over the country. According to various news accounts, provisional ballots have hung up several smaller races in Texas, Ohio, California and North Carolina.