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Articles: CNN-“New Mexico secretary of state sues county commission over refusal to certify primary results,” AP-“GOP commission refuses to certify New Mexico primary vote,” “Common Cause Denounces Otero County Commission’s Irresponsible Move to Not Certify Primary Election Results” L
Organizations Taking Action: League of Women Voters NM, Common Cause New Mexico
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We reported earlier about the 11 townships in Michigan whose voting machines may have been tampered with by Big Lie activists. Now to New Mexico, where Republican county officials have refused to certify their county’s June 7th state primary election, because they don’t trust their own state-tested Dominion voting machines.
The Associated Press reports that the Otero County, New Mexico’s three-member county commission unanimously refused to certify the election, but cited no discrepancies. Otero County Commissioner Vickie Marquardt was quoted by the AP saying, “When I certify stuff that I don’t know is right, I feel like I’m being dishonest because in my heart I don’t know if it is right.”
The Otero County board is chaired by 2020 election denier and Cowboys for Trump founder Couy Griffin, who was recently convicted of illegally entering restricted U.S. Capitol grounds during the January 6th insurrection.
Dominion vote tabulating machines were alleged by conspiracy theorists to have been the source of widespread fraud during the 2020 election, an allegation which was quickly debunked and which spawned lawsuits against those spreading the disinformation.
The New Mexico Secretary of State requested a writ by the courts on June 15th to mandate that the vote be certified. Maggie Toulouse Oliver said in an interview on MSNBC Wednesday that once the election is certified, recounts can proceed if warranted.
Links to more on this sordid tale and organizations where you can take action are at AmericanDemocracyMinute.org
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