Election Day Adventure
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 »
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Voter Suppression in New Mexico
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 »
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