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.
ALBUQUERQUE — This just in: The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico has announced a press conference this morning at which it will discuss a lawsuit it filed this morning. The Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund and Project Vote also filed suit today. New Mexico State Senator Justine Fox-Young, Republican Party attorney Pat Rogers and private investigator Al Romero are all named in the suits.
There are several different suits here and not all suits name the same people. I’ll have more details and clarification soon.
In the meantime, according to a press release from ACORN:
The lawsuits stem from a series of attacks on new, minority voters in Albuquerque—many of whom were assisted in registering to vote by ACORN—that began with a press conference on October 16, led by State Representative Justine Fox-Young, in which Fox-Young claimed to have solid proof that individuals had illegally voted in the June, 2008 Democratic primary election. At the press conference, the Republican Party broke state law by distributing the voters’ personal information in its press packets.
The second attack came after ACORN visited 9 of the 10 smeared voters and proved them to be legitimate. On October 22, a private investigator visited at least 3 of the voters, leaving them shaken, one in tears.
…According to the VRA, it is a criminal offense to willfully intimidate or interfere with a person attempting to vote or to conspire to intimidate someone trying to vote. In ACORN’s conversations with all of the voters visited by the investigator, all expressed fear at his aggressive, angry, and intrusive behavior.
