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A lot of people have put a lot of time and effort in a lot of different ways to help support election reform in New Mexico. The best thing that we can all do is try to understand what it all means. This is a good place to start. United Voters of New Mexico always references the source of the data so that you can make your own decisions about what the truth is.

From an ad placed in the Santa Fe New Mexican, December 20, 2004 by Help America Recount

DID YOUR VOTE COUNT?

What if the answer depends on where you live or the kind of machine you voted on?

• If you voted on an electronic voting machine on Election Day, was your ballot among the one in twenty where a vote for President wasn’t recorded?
• If you live in San Miguel, Cibola, McKinley, Taos or Mora County were you among the nearly one in eleven voters on Election Day whose vote for President was not counted?
• In predominately Hispanic precincts statewide, one out of 16 ballots cast on Election Day did not have a vote for President counted.
• In predominately Hispanic precincts in Bernalillo County, 1 out of every 11 ballots cast on Election Day did not record a vote for President.
• Across the state, 1 in 12 ballots in predominately Native American precincts did not have a vote for President counted.
• In Dona Ana County 207 ballots were cast from overseas; no presidential vote was reported for any of them.
• Precincts in nearly half the counties in the state reported more presidential votes than people who voted.
• Over 2,000 of the votes recorded for President were “phantom” votes that were not associated with anyone’s ballot.

What's here to learn?

• The data from the last election has been analyzed in many different ways. Sort through it all here.
• Voting Machines are at the heart of this debate. Learn more about them here.
• Find out who supports or contibrutes to the United Voters of New Mexico here.
• Read the press coverage of election reform issues here.

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