New Mexico is the only state in which state elections officials have still not used the November 2008 election returns to determine which parties are ballot-qualified and which are not. The person in the New Mexico Secretary of State who is in charge of making that determination has been saying for four months that he is too busy to look at the issue, but that he will look at it as soon as the legislature adjourns. The New Mexico legislature’s last day is Saturday, March 21.
Good riddance!
No man’s life, liberty, or property is safe when the legislature is in session.
It’s a she and thanks for posting this. There is no coverage of this issue in our local news.
People in the NM Secretary of State’s office says the decision-maker is Larry Dominguez, a longtime employee in an office that has had lots of turnover.