What's Up With New Mexico?
It's not just Florida anymore that's got it's head in its ass. From NPR's Q&A column with Ken Rudin...
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Q: What's the deal with the presidential vote count in New Mexico? -- Joe Arnold, Louisville, Ky.
A: Depends on who you ask. The networks and the Associated Press all called the state for Bush the day after the election. The AP polled the state's county clerks and arrived at these figures: 372,215 for Bush, 363,627 for Kerry, a difference of 8,588 votes. But if you call the secretary of state's office, all you'll get is that there are still absentee and provisional votes outstanding, that the state won't count the votes until Nov. 12 (when county clerks are required to submit their totals), and the results won't be certified until the 23rd. Nothing more. A check of the secretary of state's web site at 1 p.m. on Nov. 9 has it Bush 348,122 and Kerry 341,168.
In the meantime, there has been a war of words between the parties. Sen. Pete Domenici, the state's leading Republican, has publicly expressed his lack of confidence in Rebecca Vigil-Giron, the Democratic secretary of state, during the post-election counting of votes, and the state GOP's executive director said he thought Vigil-Giron and Gov. Bill Richardson (D) were trying to steal the election.
Assuming New Mexico is certified for Bush, it will be one of only three states that went the opposite way from 2000. (Gore carried N.M. by 366 votes.) Bush also won Iowa this year, unlike four years ago, and Kerry took New Hampshire.
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Q: What's the deal with the presidential vote count in New Mexico? -- Joe Arnold, Louisville, Ky.
A: Depends on who you ask. The networks and the Associated Press all called the state for Bush the day after the election. The AP polled the state's county clerks and arrived at these figures: 372,215 for Bush, 363,627 for Kerry, a difference of 8,588 votes. But if you call the secretary of state's office, all you'll get is that there are still absentee and provisional votes outstanding, that the state won't count the votes until Nov. 12 (when county clerks are required to submit their totals), and the results won't be certified until the 23rd. Nothing more. A check of the secretary of state's web site at 1 p.m. on Nov. 9 has it Bush 348,122 and Kerry 341,168.
In the meantime, there has been a war of words between the parties. Sen. Pete Domenici, the state's leading Republican, has publicly expressed his lack of confidence in Rebecca Vigil-Giron, the Democratic secretary of state, during the post-election counting of votes, and the state GOP's executive director said he thought Vigil-Giron and Gov. Bill Richardson (D) were trying to steal the election.
Assuming New Mexico is certified for Bush, it will be one of only three states that went the opposite way from 2000. (Gore carried N.M. by 366 votes.) Bush also won Iowa this year, unlike four years ago, and Kerry took New Hampshire.
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