I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
Ballots sent to uniformed New Mexicans and other state residents living overseas will get an extra four days to reach New Mexico to be counted. This comes after the Secretary of State’s office and the Department of Justice reached a consent agreement after some overseas ballots were sent out two to four days late.
Overseas and military ballots need to be sent out at least 45 days before an election unless a state receives an exemption.
But ballots from Curry, Los Alamos, McKinley, Rio Arriba, Sandoval and Taos counties were sent out two to four days late without New Mexico getting an exemption from the federal government. This got the Department of Justice’s attention and resulted in an extension for overseas ballots.
There are 844 military and overseas ballots in New Mexico.
