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« on: November 19, 2004, 07:21:32 PM »

http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2004/11/19/so_far_nh_recount_reveals_no_surprises/

So far, N.H. recount reveals no surprises
November 19, 2004
 
by Brian Mooney

There is no chance to affect the outcome of the election, but a piecemeal recount of presidential votes began yesterday in New Hampshire at the request of independent candidate Ralph Nader, who was acting on behalf of activists who are attempting to establish ''baseline data" on the accuracy of various vote-counting technologies.

Preliminary results from the tally, however, showed virtually no change in the result. The counting is tentatively scheduled to resume next week.

Nader spokesman Kevin Zeese, who observed the recount, said there ''was no significant difference" in the results from one ward in Manchester and the nearby town of Litchfield. Democrat John F. Kerry, who carried the state by 9,274 votes out of 678,000 cast, gained six votes, President George W. Bush picked up three, and there was no change for Nader, Zeese said. Nader received less than 1 percent of the vote in the state. A recount of other Manchester wards was continuing into the early evening.

Two organizations, the National Ballot Integrity Project and Democracy for New Hampshire, asked Nader to initiate the recount ''to collect baseline data comparing hand-counted with machine-counted ballots." Since the disputed 2000 presidential election, a number of organizations have been closely monitoring and raising questions about vote-counting methods, particularly electronic machines that leave no paper trail for recounts. New Hampshire does not use the ATM-like electronic voting machines.

Zeese called the exercise ''an audit of sorts." New Hampshire, he said, ''allows recounts relatively easily." In addition, the state uses only paper ballots, which are counted either by hand or optical scanning devices.

The Nader recount request focused on selected towns and city wards where Kerry's share of the vote was significantly lower than Al Gore's in 2000, when the Democrat lost the state to Bush by 7,211 votes. They included some hand-counted towns and a larger number of communities that tabulate with optical scanners made by two manufacturers.

Zeese said the campaign will evaluate the results before determining how long to continue the recount.

Secretary of State William M. Gardner said the official tally will only be changed if the entire state is recounted, in which case the Nader campaign could be charged about $60,000.
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