Kookcinich, UFO Contactee, Pays for New Hampshire Recount

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New Hampshire to Recount Primary Votes

Friday, January 11, 2008

CONCORD, N.H. -- New Hampshire officials said Friday they will conduct a

hand recount of the state's Democratic and Republican presidential primaries

at the request of two minor candidates.

Democratic Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio, who received less than 1.4 percent

of the vote, and Republican Albert Howard of Michigan, who received about 44

votes statewide, are expected to pay a $2,000 fee to start the process,

state officials said.

"Mr. Howard has satisfied the requirements for initiating a statewide

recount of the Republican primary," Secretary of State William Gardner said

in a statement. Officials said they expected a check from Kucinich to arrive

late Friday, satisfying his requirements for the request.

Gardner is preparing an estimate of the recount's cost, which the requesting

candidates must pay before it will begin. He said he expects to start the

recount Wednesday, and will announce further details once the payments have

been received.

Under state law, if a candidate finished more than 3 percentage points

behind the winner, the candidate must pay the cost of a recount. The cost is

refunded if the recount finds the requester won or finished within 1

percentage point of the winner.

The last time New Hampshire did a statewide recount of the results of the

presidential primary was in 1980.

Kucinich sent a letter to Gardner Thursday requesting the recount, citing

"serious and credible reports, allegations and rumors" about the integrity

of the primary results.

The top vote-getters in Tuesday's primary were Democratic Sen. Hillary

Rodham Clinton of New York, with 39 percent and Republican Sen. John McCain,

of Arizona, with 37 percent.