On February 5, the New Mexico Supreme Court again refused to rule that closed primaries violate the State Constitution. The court had made a similar ruling in 2017. The new lawsuit charged that closed primaries violate the part of the State Constitution that says public funds can’t be used to help private organizations. But the new decision says that when the government pays to administer primaries, that is not a gift to the parties that are having primaries. See this story. The new decision is Chavez v Toulouse Oliver, S-1-SC-37371.
Again – ALL or some PUBLIC Electors-Voters doing nominations of candidates for PUBLIC offices.
Parties are NOT independent empires in ANY election stuff
— regardless of any junk moron SCOTUS op.
Will appear on —
http://www.nmcompcomm.us/nmcases/NMSCSlip.aspx
By mandating and paying for primaries the duopoly can assert control of the internal affairs of all political parties just as the censors and ration access to the ballot itself.
Sorry – NO statist control over *internal* clubby party stuff.
— Eu 1989 SCOTUS.
Rare for SCOTUS — NOT to screw up.