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Agreement To Clear Way For Land Commissioner Recount

The recount in the race for New Mexico land commissioner is one step closer to getting underway.

The state canvassing board is scheduled to meet Tuesday to sign off on a proposal reached after days of negotiation. At issue was how many ballots would be used to test the tabulating machines that would be used in the recount.

Republican Aubrey Dunn and incumbent Democrat Ray Powell are separated by several hundred votes, a margin so small it triggers an automatic recount under state law.

The recount — scheduled to start Monday — was put on hold after Powell filed a petition with the state Supreme Court over the procedures.

Under the proposal, each county will use the greater of 100 ballots or 2 percent of the total ballots cast to test the tabulators.

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