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Nadia
02-01-2008, 06:45 PM
Republican NH Primary Candidate Demands Secretary of State Allow All Ballots to be Counted in Ongoing Election Contest
From Brad Blog
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5636


Describing the reasoning behind his latest request to count the unvoted ballots along with the voted ballots, Howard told The BRAD BLOG
this afternoon that his observers "are noticing that these uncast
ballots are inside the ballot boxes with the ballots that are being
counted on the table."

"The Democratic ballots are mixed in with the Republican ballots.
We're having to separate them. It's a real mess," he said, adding that
counters are being forced to sit and wait for hours as they continue to
wait for ballots to be delivered from towns where the election was held
almost four full weeks ago.

"The observers are sitting there sometimes for two hours waiting to
count, and I'm having to pay these people," Howard, who raised nearly
$60,000 to pay for the hand count, told us. "We've got so many
counters, they're blowing through [the ballots] at super speed. The
people who are picking up the ballots are going out, and the counters
are having to wait, and it's just not right."

Howard had originally requested that unvoted and spoiled ballots be
made available for counting, in order to allow proper reconciliation
during the hand count, when he first filed his Contest (complete letter, listing all of Albert's original demands posted at the end of our 1/15/08 article.)
Similarly, Democratic contestant Dennis Kucinich's campaign, who also
requested a hand count, had demanded that unvoted ballots be included
in that count, as well. Gardner refused to comply with the demand,
citing state law which, he said, requires only the counting of ballots
actually "cast" in the election.

Howard says the law allows for "all ballots" to be counted.

Elle
02-01-2008, 06:55 PM
If you live in New Hampshire, contact the local ACLU. They will help put the heat on this knuckleheads to get this under control.