By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: November 16, 2004
Filed at 1:58 p.m. ET
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- New Hampshire is about to become a test case for the accuracy of optical scan vote-counting machines because third-party presidential candidate Ralph Nader has asked for a recount.
The request covers 11 of the state's 126 precincts that use Diebold Inc.'s Accuvote optical scanning machines to count paper ballots. Depending on the results, his campaign could ask for recounts in other states...
Link:
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Nader-Recount.html?oref=login
Backers urged Nader to request a recount after a statistical analysis posted on the Internet appeared to show that some New Hampshire precincts using the Accuvote machines gave President Bush up to 15 percent more votes than had been expected on the basis of exit polls and the 2000 presidential vote.
Claims of vote fraud are ``spreading like wildfire around the Internet, and if it keeps going people are going to be suspicious always, so why not check it out?'' Zeese said.
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So, folk are digging.
Count the votes, this time; and be sure of the accuracy of the process, this time -- maybe it will stick.