RE: New Mexico passes a VVPAT/manual count audit bill

[Evan Daniel Ravitz <evan@xxxxxxxx>]

The Shrubbery - I love it. Here's mine: the Bushmaster race.


On Thu, 24 Mar 2005, Paul Tiger - LPBC - Outreach wrote:

> Great news, but until the governor signs it - it hasn't passed. Between now
> and the time that it is signed into law, we should expect that the white
> house will lobby the NM governor not to sign it.
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> When the white house 'lobbies' a governor it means extortion. Proposing the
> denial of federal funds for highways; schools; or even better in this case:
> denial or limitation of HAVA funding.
> My feeling is that the Shrubbery shouldn't try this in NM. NM has proven
> itself as one of the most independent states, even more that CO. NM could
> tell the Shrub to get stuffed, and it is pretty likely given the past. But
> the Shrubbery have the brains of a plant, so don't put it past them to try.
> In fact the NM legislature could come back and change or repeal this law,
> should the US admin decide to make good on its threats.
>
> Not positive about this, but I think that the NM governor has 30 days to
> sign or veto. We may have to sweat it out that long to see what will happen.
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> paul
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