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Trump is likely to stay on the ballot. One insurrectionist wasn’t so lucky

In 2022, Otero county became the first place in over 100 years to remove a politician using section 3 of the 14th amendment

The Guardian - US

New Mexico begins certification process for midterm election

County commissioners in southern New Mexico are weighing whether to certify local results of the midterm election in a once-routine process that in some locations has become a focal point for those voicing distrust in voting systems

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A New Mexico judge cites insurrection in barring a county commissioner from office

Otero County's Couy Griffin, who was convicted of entering a restricted area during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, must be removed from office for his involvement in an insurrection, a judge ruled.

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GOP test-drives plot to steal 2024

Trump allies' plot to seize local election offices just got a test drive in New Mexico

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New Mexico election drama has roots in wider county movement

A rural New Mexico county’s initial refusal to certify its primary election results sent ripples across the country last week, a symbol of how even the most elemental functions of democracy have become politicized pressure points amid the swirl of lies stemming from the 2020 presidential outcome

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Building anger in rural New Mexico erupts in election crisis

Behind the raw public frustration and anger over election security that has played out this week in New Mexico was a hint of something deeper — a growing divide between the state’s Democratic power structure and conservative rural residents who feel their way of life is under attack

The Independent UK

Deadline looms as election crisis in New Mexico intensifies

A standoff between a Republican-dominated county commission and New Mexico’s Democratic secretary of state over the commission’s conspiracy-fueled refusal to certify election results comes to a head Friday, the state’s certification deadline

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‘Canary in the coalmine’: New Mexico clash hints at looming election crisis

Otero county commission’s refusal to certify votes over unfounded doubts blatantly flouts state election law

The Guardian - US

County's refusal to certify the vote hints at election chaos

The conspiracy theories about Dominion voting equipment that erupted during the 2020 presidential contest flared this week in a remote New Mexico county in what could be just a preview of the kind of chaos election experts fear is coming in the fall midterms and in 2024

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Republican commission refuses to certify New Mexico primary vote

GOP claims without evidence Dominion voting machines cannot be trusted, delaying results in rural Otero county

The Guardian - US

NM GOPers try to throw out primary votes

GOP-led panel blocks certification of election results over unspecified concerns about Dominion voting machines

Salon

GOP commission refuses to certify New Mexico primary vote

Votes in a New Mexico community are at risk of not counting after a Republican-led commission refused to approve primary election results over distrust of Dominion vote-tallying machines

The Independent UK

Groups perpetuating Trump’s 2020 election lie face scrutiny and lawsuits

Colorado lawsuit charges group with questioning residents about voting status while Trump loyalists work to sustain falsehoods

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Cowboys for Trump co-founder won't seek reelection

Cowboys for Trump co-founder Couy Griffin says he won’t run for reelection for southern New Mexico's Otero County commission or seek other public office in the 2022 election cycle

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