New Mexico: Monday hearing set for objections to Sandoval County recount | Rio Rancho Observer

A hearing has been set for Monday to review objections by the Sandoval County attorney and a lawyer representing Democratic winners regarding two GOP challengers’ request for a ballot recount in three Rio Rancho precincts. According to court documents, Sandoval County Attorney Patrick Trujillo is objecting to the Republicans’ recount request because one candidate’s race — Paula Papponi, who ran for Sandoval County clerk, was a county race, while the other’s, David Doyle, who ran for state Senate, was a state race.

Ghana: 2nd day of voting due to technical hitches | Houston Chronicle

International observers endorsed Ghana’s presidential and parliamentary polls despite delays at polling stations that pushed voting into a second day Saturday. “All of Africa was looking at Ghana to make sure that they live up to their reputation and their name of being a mature democracy,” said Ahmed Issak Hassan, head of an observer mission from the South Africa-based Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa. “I think so far the people of Ghana, the political leadership have lived up to that expectation.

The Voting News Weekly: The Voting News Weekly December 3-9 2012

Election specialists and computer security experts have written a letter to the President advocating election reform and warning against the adoption of internet voting. Computerworld also wrote about the security concerns surrounding the electronic submission of voted ballots. The New Yorker considered the political obstacles to election reform and NPR wrote about the future of the Voting Rights Act. An Cronkite News Service analysis showed a higher rate of provisional ballots in high minority precincts in Arizona. Florida will investigate election problems in five counties. Software errors in the ES&S Model 650 central count scanner has prompted a statewide recount in Montana. Opposition is growing to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s suggestion of ending same day registration and protests grew in Egypt over a referendum to adopt a new constitution.