Clinton now ahead in NM by over 1000 votes

[jsamuel]

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/state/#NM

Clinton 67,921 49%
Obama 66,829 48%

still counting, but the more they count, the bigger Clinton's lead has gotten so far

[Cameron27]

1. K&R

Why is it taking so long to get those ballots counted?

[LeahD]

4. It was so close that it's come down to counting the provisional

ballets...........I believe there are 17-18,000 of them.

[AX10]

2. K & R!

[Eurobabe]

3. WTF is wrong with NM??

Are they the new Florida of the primary season? :eyes:

[stillcool]

5. officials were overwhelmed...

Still no winner in New Mexico as party officials deal with Democratic caucus problems

Associated Press - February 6, 2008 11:43 PM ET

Officials admit they were overwhelmed by a greater-than-expected turnout for the Super Tuesday caucus.

Governor Bill Richardson says he's "deeply disturbed" by election problems and long lines at caucus sites.

With 183 of 184 of precincts reporting late Wednesday, preliminary results showed Hillary Rodham Clinton held a lead of 1,092 votes over Barack Obama.

Party officials say the examination of the provisional ballots will be closed to the press, but will be attended by representatives from both the Obama and Clinton campaigns.

New Mexico is the last of 22 states that held Democratic primaries and caucuses Tuesday to report a winner.

Copyright 2008 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
http://www.woi-tv.com/Global/story.asp?S=7835303

[Eurobabe]

9. We ALL ought to be concerned!

Richardson's closeness to the Clintons makes me nervous.

[catgirl]

11. Check this out (3 ballot boxes spent night in officials houses)

http://haussamen.blogspot.com/2008/02/uncounted-rio-arriba-county-ballots.html

[stillcool]

14. it's all insane...

funny thing...last night my husband was joking around and said Bill Clinton had gone out to New Mexico to help count the votes...he laughed...I didn't. Sounded perfectly plausible to me. How sick is that?

[ORDagnabbit]

6. NM is fucked....check out bradblog.com

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5664

The bad news: The huge turnout in yesterday's Democratic Primary led to long lines, voters who found they were no longer on the registration rolls for some still-unexplained reason, 17,000 votes had to be cast on provisional ballots which remain uncounted today, and now it's being reported --- incredibly --- that at least three ballots boxes were kept overnight last night, uncounted, at the home of a Democratic County Party Chairwoman.

[AJH032]

7. yes!

well, probably doesn't matter much (delegate split), but nice to have.

[CatnHat]

8. Keeping an eye on this

myself. Go Hillary!

[MoonRiver]

10. Excellent news!

Thanks for posting! :)

[chimpymustgo]

12. Do you know if any other states are still counting votes?

Thanks for posting this.

[bigtree]

18. I think Cali is . . . and others

provisional ballots

[Inuca]

13. What the hell is going on in NM?

Why does it take them forever to count these votes?

[Nimrod2005]

15. She should go there and hold a VICTORY rally!

[Kittycat]

16. Does that count the Boxes stored at Clinton Supporter's Homes?

[Catherine Vincent]

17. I didn't realize some states from Super Tuesday hadn't been counted.

Thanks for the link.