Early Voter Irregularities in NM

With all the hubbub and "liberal propaganda" about the possibility of the Diebold machines "ensuring Bush wins the election" ... It seems like when someone, like oh say the president of the Albuquerque City Council, Michael Cadigan complains "I cast my vote for president. I voted for Kerry and a check mark for Bush appeared." ... SOMEONE WOULD LISTEN.

But no, Clerk Mary Herrera rules that it was user error. For example, could have "leaned his palm on the touch screen and it hit the wrong button." An allegation he strongly denies.

Or, he could have voted for Kerry and it registered Bush because the MACHINES HAVE NO BACKUP OR INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION. No, I'm not truly concerned that the machines will perform in an unfair manner, but rather, that if an error occurs like Mr. Cadigan encountered, that many people would not notice. People, in general, are not very observant.


PS. New update: Read followup post
http://civan93-politicalrants.blogspot.com/2004/11/voter-irregularities-and-followup.html