According to the Associated Press, the first day of recounting in New Hampshire went slowly, with only two of 11 Nader-targeted precincts completed by 8 p.m. Thursday. Counting will not resume until next week.
AP: "The completed areas, Litchfield and Manchester's Ward 7, showed little change from the official tallies."
The precincts were chosen based on initial work by programmer Ida Briggs of Michigan. Her analysis raised questions about the accuracy of the vote tally in precincts using Diebold Accuvote optical scanning machines.
Googled links, as of late Friday:
AP/USAToday -- Nader-requested recount in NH moving slowly
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/evoting/2004-11-19-nh-recount_x.htm
Wired -- So Far, Recount Shows No Problem
http://www.wired.com/news/evote/0,2645,65777,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_7
Boston Globe -- So far, N.H. recount reveals no surprises
http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2004/11/19/so_far_nh_recount_reveals_no_surp
rises/
So ... it's a data-verification exercise, and much needed. I've got to admit, I was hoping, deep down, for something ... more ... telling.