November 7, 2003

Issued by Bernalillo County
Public Information Office
Liz Hamm lhamm@bernco.gov
Office: 768-4026
Pager: 251-2645
Fax: 768-4329

UNIFICATION ELECTION
CANVASS PROCESS COMPLETED

Bernalillo County Clerk Mary Herrera presented unification election information to the Board of County Commissioners this afternoon as they convened as the Board of Canvass. According to Clerk Herrera, 110,364 ballots were accepted by the absentee precinct board, 1,707 ballots were rejected and a total of 108,657 ballots were processed.

Of those rejected, 638 of the ballots were not properly marked and 1,069 were not signed on the outer envelope. The final results were 41,863 votes for unification and 66,794 against.

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