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Democratic Attorney General Raúl Torrez is making recommendations to state lawmakers that he says would enhance the security of the state s electoral process.
Chief U.S. District Judge William P. Johnson ruled that the state’s limits on how much political parties can contribute to political candidates and local political parties was unconstitutional but upheld other state campaign finance limits.
New Mexico’s slate of “alternate” electors is mentioned, if somewhat on the periphery, in Tuesday’s indictment of former President Donald Trump over his efforts to hold onto power after losing the 2020 election. Ours was one of seven states where Trump lost but Republicans submitted their own slates of electors anyway. On Dec.14, 2020, Democratic electors gathered in Santa Fe to cast their electoral votes for Joe Biden, who won …