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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>The New Mexico Independent - Latest Comments in Guv&amp;#8217;s office answers some questions, but not all, on Noel&amp;#8217;s hiring</title><link>http://nmindependent.disqus.com/</link><description></description><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 12:27:08 -0000</lastBuildDate><item><title>Re: Guv&amp;#8217;s office answers some questions, but not all, on Noel&amp;#8217;s hiring</title><link>http://70.32.121.217/213/guvs-office-answers-some-questions-but-not-all-on-noels-hiring#comment-2502414</link><description>And that changes the appearance of impropriety in the current situation how?</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">thomasjames</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 12:27:08 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Guv&amp;#8217;s office answers some questions, but not all, on Noel&amp;#8217;s hiring</title><link>http://70.32.121.217/213/guvs-office-answers-some-questions-but-not-all-on-noels-hiring#comment-2502415</link><description>Jim Noel was the election observer who alerted officials to the 12,000-vote discrepancy in vote totals for the U.S. Representative race in 11/02. Although about 48,000 people had voted early on 212 Sequoia-supplied touch-screen computers at six sites in the county, the initial figures indicated that no race, not even for governor, showed a total of more than about 36,000 votes.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sequoia claimed its machines had not been properly  programmed for the quantity of votes cast but that it re-ran the totals and  no votes were lost. The Board finally certified but note before Commissioner Tom Rutherford accused Sequoia of a “cover-up,” and said it had never intended to tell NM officials about the problem. But serious questions still remain as to the accuracy of that 11/02 vote. Sequoia vote-counting machines are no longer used in NM</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">placitasroy</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 04:38:07 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Guv&amp;#8217;s office answers some questions, but not all, on Noel&amp;#8217;s hiring</title><link>http://70.32.121.217/213/guvs-office-answers-some-questions-but-not-all-on-noels-hiring#comment-2502416</link><description>It looks dishonest and shameful in both cases! So what's your point Heath?  The voter deserve more!</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">thomasjames</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:23:15 -0000</pubDate></item></channel></rss>