Still Counting New Mexico

February 7th, 2008

Incase you were wondering New Mexico has still not been won. 17,000 provisional ballots are being counted.

With 183 of 184 of precincts reporting, Hillary Rodham Clinton held a lead of 1,092 votes — 67,921 votes compared to 66,829 for Barack Obama, according to preliminary results posted on the state Democratic Party’s Web site.

Provisional ballots are given to voters who show up to the wrong site, whose names are not on registered voter lists provided by the state or who requested an absentee ballot but signed an affidavit saying they did not return it.

Democratic Party Chairman Brian Colon said 17,077 provisional ballots were cast, about 12 percent of the total.

When the provisional count is done, it may mean only a gain of a few delegates for the winning candidate. Clinton and Obama are vying for 26 of New Mexico’s 38 delegates to the Democratic National Convention. Twelve so-called superdelegates are not bound by caucus results.

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