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duhneece

(4,112 posts)
Sat Aug 27, 2022, 08:25 AM Aug 2022

DUer duhneece update on Stephanie's opponent, the cruelty to animal Republican Chair


In the 2021 local election, I went with a friend to a local polling place to electioneer. New Mexico state law allows electioneering as long as you are not within 100 ft of the door the voters use. While exercising my right, the chair of the Republican party, Amy Barela, called the sheriff on me, and rallied others to do the same, saying I was harassing and intimidating voters. She filed a false report with the police, and they believed her even though she had not been to the polling place when she called the sheriff. Here is video of my encounter with them, and the police report where no illegal activity was observed. In fact, after measuring from the door we were allowed to be closer than we were before the complaint!



Amy Barela is DUer Stephanie DuBois’s opponent as they run to replace Cowboys for Trump Couy Griffin, our resident insurrectionist county commissioner. Amy attempted to use the sheriff’s office to intimidate democrats with a false report that she was never held accountable for. She wasn’t afraid to abuse her influence and power as chair of the Republican Part of Otero County and she isn’t going to be afraid to abuse it if she wins the county commission seat. If you think Griffin is abusing his power by having constituents thrown out at meetings for exercising their rights, it’s going to be a whole lot worse if Amy gets in. She helped Couy sell our county the Griffins’ fake audit contract.

Earlier this year Amy was given a ticket for leaving a dog out in the freezing cold during the few days we had snow here. Magically, that ticket was changed over to her husband’s name and then dropped completely by the city. More abuse of her power that will only be amplified when she controls the county commission from within. No woman should be shamed by her husband’s crimes, but if you are interested in what the nmcourts.com says about Amy’s husband Jean Paul Barela, that’s on you.






Amy is also an election denier. Here she is at the latest county meeting where known grifter & Pillow guy’s friend David and Erin Clements presented their findings from their audit of the 2020 election.




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DUer duhneece update on Stephanie's opponent, the cruelty to animal Republican Chair (Original Post) duhneece Aug 2022 OP
Done NBachers Aug 2022 #1
Thank you. We'll elect Democrats with your help duhneece Aug 2022 #2
k&r & good luck! Hermit-The-Prog Aug 2022 #3
Luck and a lot of hard work...we will elect Democrats nt duhneece Aug 2022 #4
It would be great if you could get her charged with a false police report. Hermit-The-Prog Aug 2022 #5
I looked at that. There are statutes but... duhneece Aug 2022 #6
Thank you for fighting the good fight! Hermit-The-Prog Aug 2022 #7
You can't imagine how much DU's support duhneece Aug 2022 #8
Wishing you good luck WENSTJDON Aug 2022 #9
Your generous spirit helps so much here duhneece Aug 2022 #10
K&R! Omaha Steve Aug 2022 #11

duhneece

(4,112 posts)
2. Thank you. We'll elect Democrats with your help
Sat Aug 27, 2022, 08:48 AM
Aug 2022

We can stop the madness of these extremists because of your generosity.

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,340 posts)
5. It would be great if you could get her charged with a false police report.
Sat Aug 27, 2022, 10:16 AM
Aug 2022

I'm assuming there's no way to prove she knowingly did so, though.


Roe, Roe, Roe your vote
against theocracy!
Republicans revoke your rights
and kill democracy!


Abort the GOP -- sticking the message

duhneece

(4,112 posts)
6. I looked at that. There are statutes but...
Sat Aug 27, 2022, 11:18 AM
Aug 2022

…like you said, there’s no way of proving it. They try to intimidate us (Democrats, progressives, liberals) by every means possible.

I won’t back down.

duhneece

(4,112 posts)
8. You can't imagine how much DU's support
Sat Aug 27, 2022, 12:07 PM
Aug 2022

Puts starch in my backbone and the strength to stand up to the extremists.

WENSTJDON

(97 posts)
9. Wishing you good luck
Sat Aug 27, 2022, 12:12 PM
Aug 2022

I really hope you win. I don’t usually donate, but your race is a very important one, and I wanted to help. Thank you for all your hard work on this campaign.

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