By: Politix Fireball (Diary)  |  November 18th at 07:38 PM  | 

In New Mexico all one must do to vote is show up at a polling place, verbally provide a name, address and year of birth.  No photo ID, no voting card and no other form of ID is required.  There is one instance when voter ID is required, but that is relatively rare. These loose laws provide a lot of room for accidents, mix-ups and | Read More »

By: Politix Fireball (Diary)  |  November 14th at 11:54 AM  | 

In New Mexico we have not only election watchers and observers, but ‘challengers’ which are generally sent out from the county political party (Republican and Democratic Party’s respectively).  Challengers have the power to speak with the election board supervisor, which is called Presiding Judge in NM, and can ‘challenge’ ballots and bring things to the polling place’s election board so they will deal with it.  | Read More »

By: Politix Fireball (Diary)  |  November 13th at 11:58 AM  | 

Update: A reader brought to my attention an error.  Sandoval County also had other polling places, but these VCCs were only for the city of Rio Rancho.  Other counties listed in the VCC list had other precinct polling places as well. Rio Rancho: Election day our state had what would best be called a fiasco and massive voter suppression.  Rio Rancho which is north of | Read More »

By: Politix Fireball (Diary)  |  April 30th at 06:11 PM  | 

Voter fraud ought to be a great concern for each citizen who values the right to elect leaders in a system that is just. Our federal government officials and the mainstream media deny that it occurs and that it is a threat, but if one is truly open-minded and does research it is evident that there are problems with the current system. In 2008 rumors | Read More »