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(51,121 posts) Wed Jun 15, 2022, 09:00 PM Jun 2022

New Mexico's Supreme Court orders county commission to certify vote

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New Mexico’s Supreme Court ordered the county commissioners in rural Otero County to do their jobs and certify election results, two days after they refused, citing unsubstantiated concerns about fraud.

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New Mexico’s Supreme Court orders county commission to certify vote
The order follows the commission’s refusal to approve primary vote tallies, citing discredited concerns about Dominion machines.
3:53 PM · Jun 15, 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/06/15/new-mexicos-supreme-court-orders-county-commission-certify-vote/

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New Mexico’s Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the county commissioners in rural Otero County to do their jobs and certify election results, two days after they refused, citing unsubstantiated concerns about fraud.

The court granted the emergency motion by New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver, a Democrat, who earlier this week asked the court to intervene and compel the three-member board to approve vote totals from a June 7 primary. The commission had voted on Monday not to do so.

That move had potentially disenfranchised “every Otero County voter who legally and securely cast a ballot” and harmed candidates “seeking to have their names on the General Election ballot” in November, Oliver argued.

A spokesman for Oliver, Alex Curtas, said that office was also pursing a criminal referral with the state’s attorney general, which could result in the commissioners being charged with contempt of court or removed from office if they do not follow the court’s instructions.

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