According to the Nashua Telegraph today, in an article by Kevin Landrigan:
"CONCORD - Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader set in motion the hand-recounting of ballots in New Hampshire, wiring a mandatory, $2,000 deposit an hour before a state-imposed deadline Friday.
"Nader has initially asked state election officials to count ballots in eight communities, including Litchfield and Pelham, but he has the right to a statewide recount as long as he pays the entire cost, Secretary of State Bill Gardner said."
According to the article, "The earliest this recount could begin is Nov. 24, the day before Thanksgiving Day. That's because the next two weeks are already packed with more than a dozen recounts of legislative races."
Also: "Cities and towns in New Hampshire all either use paper ballots or these optical scan ballots manufactured by the Diebold Corp., whose chief executives contributed to Bush's re-election."
The entire article is at:
http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041113/NEWS02/111130045/-1/news
UPDATE: Here's an AP article about the recount, which is supposed to start Thursday:
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Nader-Recount.html?oref=login
"The Secretary of State's office said the recount will begin Thursday. Ida Briggs, a Michigan software developer and database manager who did the statistical analysis, said she found that precincts using the Accuvote machines deviated from the expected voting trend more often and by larger margins than those using a different optical scanning system or hand-counting."
Also in the article, links to:
Statistical analysis of New Hampshire vote:
http://www.invisibleida.com
Diebold scanner (note: I corrected the link):
http://www.diebold.com/dieboldes/accuvote_os.htm