Educational Resources on Internet, Email and Fax Voting
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SANTA FE — More than 3,000 New Mexicans who voted in this month's general election either didn't vote in the presidential contest or didn't have their vote counted.
However, the 3,207 so-called undervotes — or ballots with no reported vote for president — are a small number in comparison to the 21,084 undervotes in the 2004 general election — a figure that sparked questions about the accuracy of vote-counting machines and was a catalyst in the push for a paper ballot system.
Votes in New Mexico's elections are counted by a private company. 'Auburn See Wolf' is in charge of programming the voting machines on the front end, and gathering the data on the back end.
By Tom Sharpe, The New Mexican
A judge has ordered the Santa Fe County Clerk to allow registered voters who requested absentee ballots but have not yet received them to vote in the early-voting process.
A judge has ordered the Santa Fe County Clerk to allow registered voters who requested absentee ballots but have not yet received them to vote in the early-voting process.
But because early voting ends at 6 p.m. today, the order's effect will be short-lived.
The New Mexican
Heavy turnout, some confusion at Santa Fe polling site for early balloting
Turnout was heavy at polling sites in Santa Fe and Albuquerque as early voting started Saturday.
In fact, waiting times were so long at a south-side Santa Fe location that some people who wanted to cast their ballots ahead of the Nov. 4 election gave up and left.
And people who tried to vote downtown at the Santa Fe County administration building on Grant Avenue found the front doors locked Saturday and a sign posted that blamed the Secretary of State's Office for misinformation mailed to voters about that site.
The New Mexican
America's days of blatant fraud are very likely behind us
New Mexicans might be riled up by Republican claims to have found 28 fraudulent votes cast in the June Democratic primary election — were the complaining party itself not under a cloud at least as dark.
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Quick Facts: October 7, 2008: Voter Registration ends. Absentee voting begins. Inspection and sealing of voting machines. October 18, 2008: Early Voting begins. November 1, 2008: Absentee and Early Voting ends.
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Richard Abraham, owner of Business Computing Solutions, said Bernalillo County is seeing an influx of voters who are newly registered but that a large number of them have not been entered in the state's system yet.
"There are still about 15,000 registrations that haven't been processed," he said.
New voters may risk having their votes counted as provisional and possibly thrown out, Abraham said.
Can I cast a straight-ticket ballot and still make an exception in one of the races?
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