This Albuquerque Journal has the latest on the New Mexico straight-ticket device controversy. There is no authorization in the New Mexico election code for a straight-ticket device. But the Democratic Secretary of State, Maggie Toulouse Oliver, insists she has the power to bring it back anyway. The article says she won’t do it without holding hearings first, and the article also quotes Republican Party officials as saying they will sue if the does authorize it. The article also quotes Rick Lass, who points out, correctly, that the device injures minor party and especially independent candidates.