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Tuesday, Oct. 24, is the last day to request an absentee ballot for the 2023 Regular Local Election. Some states require voters to have an excuse to vote absentee, but not New Mexico.
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The Senate passed a wide-ranging bill Wednesday to expand voting rights in New Mexico with Republicans in opposition. A similar bill stalled on the Senate floor last year after a Republican filibuster.
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NM Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver reflects on 2022 and her goals for the new year.
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Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver has been re-elected, with 54.4% of votes.
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As election deniers have become more influential in New Mexico, it's local electoral officials who bear the brunt of an increasingly critical public and sometimes skeptical county commissioners, too.
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New Mexicans are deciding who should be the next chief elections officer for the state with incumbent Democratic Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver running against Republican Audrey Trujillo and Libertarian Mayna Myers.
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Amid increasing threats against election workers since 2020, and concerns over potential interference in this year’s general election, New Mexico’s Secretary of State and Attorney General issued a voter information advisory on Thursday.
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Since the 2020 presidential election, voices have grown louder falsely claiming that a flawed electoral process or corrupt officials stole an election victory from Donald Trump. County clerks across the state say that conspiracy theorists and even county commissioners routinely challenge their process or accuse them of corruption. KUNM spoke with Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver.
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The Secretary of State told a Congressional committee that last month three threatening phone calls against her were referred to the FBI.
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On June 7th, primary elections were held in New Mexico amid national concerns of low voter confidence and constant, false allegations of election fraud. Now, officials are saying voter turnout was low, but not as bad as the state's last primary election in 2018.