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Eugene

(61,593 posts)
Fri Jun 17, 2022, 12:52 PM Jun 2022

New Mexico election crisis intensifies as deadline looms

Source: Associated Press

New Mexico election crisis intensifies as deadline looms

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and MORGAN LEE
June 17, 2022

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A standoff between a Republican-dominated county commission and New Mexico’s Democratic secretary of state over the commission’s conspiracy-fueled refusal to certify election results comes to a head Friday, the state’s certification deadline.

The showdown is providing a stark example of the chaos that election experts have warned about as those who promote the lie that former President Donald Trump was cheated out of reelection seek to populate election offices across the country and the usually low-profile boards that certify the results.

The governing commission in Otero County refused to certify the local results of the state’s June 7 primary because of unspecified concerns with the equipment, even though it has identified no problems with the Dominion systems used by the county to tally paper ballots.

New Mexico’s top prosecutor told the commission to follow an order from the state Supreme Court to certify the results. Attorney General Hector Balderas said the Otero County commission in southern New Mexico “must comply with the rule of law or we will take legal action.”

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-new-mexico-government-and-politics-donald-trump-fa26178d77b421ff7317d1a6ae83e0c4

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New Mexico election crisis intensifies as deadline looms (Original Post) Eugene Jun 2022 OP
This is why the entire trump crew needs to be prosecuted. captain queeg Jun 2022 #1
Certify the results! The longer the delay the more it feeds the narrative. BettyonRed Jun 2022 #2
For this thread LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2022 #3
Republicans are going to try to wreck every election they can from now on. NCLefty Jun 2022 #4

captain queeg

(10,036 posts)
1. This is why the entire trump crew needs to be prosecuted.
Fri Jun 17, 2022, 01:10 PM
Jun 2022

The orange POS has done terrible damage to our democracy. These commissioners ought to be frog marched to jail.

NCLefty

(3,678 posts)
4. Republicans are going to try to wreck every election they can from now on.
Sat Jun 18, 2022, 02:26 AM
Jun 2022

Trump showed them how to be corrupt AND bold.

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