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  • Opinion: Diversity badly needed in New Mexico elections

    Merrit Hamilton Allen, Syndicated content|Updated May 7, 2022

    Same-day voter registration isn’t as harebrained as I thought. Early voting for the primary election in New Mexico begins Tuesday, and county clerks statewide have been prepping for same-day voter registration. If you are a conservative like me, you probably aren’t thrilled at the prospect. Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse-Oliver held a joint press conference April 27 with New Mexico Open Elections president and former state Senator Bob Perls that not only put some of my concerns to rest but also offered a first-time opp...

  • Opinion: Republicans must stand against attempts like Griffin's

    Merrit Hamilton Allen, Syndicated content|Updated Mar 12, 2022

    New Mexico is in the Washington Post again. A couple weeks ago it was about the governor leaving governing to be a substitute teacher. On March 2, it was all about the self-inflicted circus at the Otero County Commission over the 2020 election. The Cliff’s Notes version of the story is this: After Jan. 6 rioter Couy Griffin and some well-known conspiracy theorists made some wild, unsubstantiated and plain goofy assertions regarding the 2020 election in Otero County, the commissioners voted unanimously to hire uber-flaky E...