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.
US District Judge William P. Johnson declined today to issue a restraining order against GOP attorney Pat Rogers and private investigator Al Romero, but the voter intimidation case continues.
After moving courtrooms and switching judges several times Monday, US District Judge William P. Johnson heard arguments in a case brought against GOP attorney Pat Rogers and private investigator Al Romero by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF). Several interesting…
A local private investigator says he was contacted by a man recruiting on behalf of the Republican National Committee, looking for private investigators to advise poll challengers on election day. The investigator, David O’Niell, says he’s worried that RNC may be using private investigators to help with so-called vote caging, a method of vote suppression.
A third plaintiff, Francine Gonzales, has now joined a federal lawsuit accusing two Republican operatives of voter intimidation. On Monday, U.S. District Court Judge Martha Vázquez will conduct a hearing to consider the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund’s request for a temporary restraining order against Republican attorney Pat Rogers and private investigator Al Romero.
Pat Rogers, the Albuquerque attorney who advises the state GOP, tells the Associated Press that he has done nothing illegal.
As NMI reported earlier this week, Rogers is named in a lawsuit filed by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund. The suit, which names Rogers and Al Romero, a private investigator who said he worked for Rogers, accuses the two of voter intimidation. The accusations stem from Romero’s visits to the homes of two voters. One said Romero threatened to call immigration authorities on her, even though she says she is a citizen.
“I have not violated any law and Mr. Romero has not violated any law,” Rogers told The Associated Press. More …
ACORN, the organization that has become a favorite whipping boy of Republicans from Sen. John McCain down to state Rep. Justine Fox-Young, today launched an attack against McCain and voter intimidation, releasing a poignant 30-second ad. Entitled “Not This Time,” the ad ties McCain to the history of voter intimidation of blacks.
The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico today filed a lawsuit against a Republican state lawmaker who released confidential information while making claims of vote fraud, a private investigator hired by a prominent Republican attorney, and as yet unnamed members of the state party. The lawsuit alleges that key members of the Republican Party of New Mexico violated the privacy rights of voters and illegally interfered with their right to vote.
As we reported last night, two Albuquerque women said they were visited Wednesday by a private investigator who identified himself as Al Romero and said he worked for Republican attorney Pat Rogers. Is he the private investigator Rogers…
