Reply #40: UPDATE: NM Counties to Begin "Clearing" Voting Machines?

[dzika]

Tuesday, December 28, 2004

UPDATE: NM Counties to Begin "Clearing" Voting Machines?


UPDATE: According to a post on Democratic Underground, the attorneys of record (Lowell Finley, John Boyd, David Garcia) filed an appeal to the original suit in District Court (different from the Supreme Court case and still open for appeal) and sent letters to the SoS and each of the 33 county election directors to make sure the machines could not be purged. As long as there's an active recount request, it's illegal to erase the previous election without a court order.

In addition, an ABC News affliate is reporting :

Green and Libertarian presidential candidates are still pursuing their legal fight for a ballot recount in New Mexico and plan to take their case to the state Court of Appeals. Lawyers for Green Party candidate David Cobb and Libertarian candidate Michael Badnarik say they intend to file a notice of appeal with the court.

Also, the Bernalillo County Clerk has now stated that the voting machines won't be cleared until the Supreme Court rules on the recount. Apparently it's all in the lawyers' hands now, so it's been requested that we stop calling county clerks and the secretary of state's office at this time. As it stands, the machines are being protected until the courts respond to the recount suits.


Link:
http://www.democracyfornewmexico.com/democracy_for_new_mexico/2004/12/action_alert_be.html

DU Thread:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x203420#204068