NM Recount Delayed - Protests Today in SF

Passing along two reports from Santa Fe on the NM recount:

On Monday, 12/13, Judge Carol Vigil denied our request for a Writ of Mandamus to be issued ordering the State Canvassing Board to start the recount, citing the lack of immediacy in the case, since the state canvassing board is scheduled to meet today -- Tuesday, 12/14, at 5:00 PM.  She said that if the Canvassing Board did not adequately address our request for the recount, that we should come back to her court on Wednesday (12/15) at 8:30 AM.  She said she would keep jurisdiction of the case.

So let's show the Governor, the Secretary of State, and the Chief Justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court (the members of the State Canvassing Board) that we want every vote to count!

State Canvassing Board meets Tuesday, 12/14, at 5:00 PM at the Roundhouse. So come show support for making sure every vote counts. Make signs ... Make music ... Make sure our elected officials know we want assurance our votes counted !! For more info, call Rick Lass, (505) 920-0540
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Friends,
In court on Monday (in the NM vote recount hearing) Judge Carol Vigil ruled that she will wait for the Canvassing Board (comprised of Governor, Secretary of State and Supreme Court Justice) to meet tomorrow Tuesday at 5 PM and give them a chance to request a NM recount.  She expressed concern about the voting irregularities and agreed that if they did not give the order to recount she expected to see us in court again first thing Wednesday morning.

It is crucially important for us to show the Governor that there is a large grass roots support for the recount.  If he sees the evidence of this he might be swayed to approve the recount and we will avoid a much more difficult path of challenging him in court.

Please come to the State Capitol Roundhouse, 4th floor, today, Tuesday, 12/14, to encourage the Governor, Secretary of State and Chief Justice that the people want a recount!

The Ukrainians are on the streets, demonstrating by the hundreds of thousands! Our democracy is at stake all over this nation.  Ohio and New Mexico are stepping up to confront the fraud and corruption that are seeping into our voting system all over the country. Let's walk the talk. See you there!

No Peace without Justice. Forwarded from Consuelo Luz, Thank you. More info: Mitch Buszek: (505) 204-0833.
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You can read the Albuquerque Journal's article on Monday's court hearing, free for today only due to the Journal's subscription requirements. Excerpt:

The board's chairman, Gov. Bill Richardson, reiterated his opposition to a recount, saying it "will not reform our election laws."

At the very least, the Libertarian and Green presidential candidates who requested it should be made to pay its entire cost upfront, the governor said Monday. Secretary of State Rebecca Vigil-Giron has said that could be upwards of $600,000.

Representatives of the Green and Libertarian Parties have said that "money is no object."