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Politics : Electoral College 2000 - Ahead of the Curve -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Don Pueblo who wrote (4381)	12/3/2000 7:58:05 AM
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Republicans Look Into Forcing Investigation of New Mexico Vote Saturday, December 2, 2000 By Deborah Baker SANTA FE, N.M. — Republicans plan to examine election results across the state to determine whether to press for further scrutiny by the state Canvassing Board. Republican National Committeeman Mickey Barnett, an Albuquerque lawyer, said Friday that if more anomalies like one in Roosevelt County were found, then the party may ask the board to undo its approval of the statewide election results. "They could rescind it" if the certification was determined to be in error, Barnett said. Republican Gov. Gary Johnson has scheduled a second meeting of the Canvassing Board for Tuesday — although Democratic Secretary of State Rebecca Vigil-Giron said she's not sure why. "The canvass has been certified," Vigil-Giron said Friday. "In New Mexico, we have finished. Our numbers are official." The canvass showed Vice President Al Gore won New Mexico's five electoral votes by fewer than 370 votes. Vigil-Giron and Al Lama, director of the civil division in the attorney general's office, disputed the notion that the certification could be rescinded. Candidates who think there may have been problems must now ask for recounts, and pay for them, they said. "I guess (Republicans) just don't want to spend the money. They want us to do their work for them," said Vigil-Giron, a member of the Canvassing Board. The deadline for requesting recounts is Dec. 8. Republicans had questioned Roosevelt County's returns because it appeared that 10 percent of those who voted had not cast ballots in the presidential race. It turned out to be a computer programming error. State District Judge David Bonem, who oversaw a hand recount, reported altered vote totals from the county by the 5 p.m. deadline Thursday that put Gore ahead statewide by 368 votes. A later revision reported by Roosevelt County, however, changed that number to 366. foxnews.com