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.
Secretary of State Mary Herrera has approved Bloomfield Republican and self-described tea party supporter Kenneth A. Gomez’s registration as a write-in candidate for governor in the November general elections, according to state Elections Manager Don Francisco Trujillo.…
The state Canvassing Board is scheduled to meet Tuesday afternoon in Santa Fe to certify winners in the June 1 primaries. Winners will appear on ballots in the November general elections.
The three-member board is composed of Governor Bill…
Secretary of State Mary Herrera‘s office will conduct training sessions in Santa Fe and Clovis next week for candidates and campaign officials who are struggling with the state’s new Campaign Finance Information System, Elections Director Don Francisco Trujillo…
Secretary of State Mary Herrera‘s office will begin field training sessions this week for candidates and campaign officials who are struggling with the state’s new Campaign Finance Information System.
Dozens of candidates missed the April 5 deadline for…
Secretary of State Mary Herrera denied all waiver requests from candidates facing Monday’s deadline for filing their first campaign finance reports of the 2010 election season, State Elections Director Don Francisco Trujillo told The Independent Tuesday. Herrera…
As of 4 p.m. Tuesday, 39 candidates still had not submitted campaign finance reports to the Secretary of State’s new Campaign Finance Information System, State Elections Director Don Francisco Trujillo told The Independent.
The New Mexico Secretary of State’s office got its new Campaign Finance Information System up and running on a shoestring budget of just $176,500.
But that could change if the system needs additional work. Under a state pricing agreement with…
Appellate judge candidate Dennis W. Montoya is appealing the secretary of state’s decision to reject his application for public financing.
Montoya’s campaign manager, Santiago Juárez, filed the appeal with the Secretary of State’s Office on Wednesday.
Dennis W. Montoya, who is running against Appeals Court Judge Linda Vanzi, has been disqualified from using the state’s public financing system because he exceeded the $5,000 limit on what publicly financed candidates can contribute to their own campaigns, according to…
Secretary of State Mary Herrera never ordered her staff to gather petition signatures during office hours, State Elections Director Don Francisco Trujillo told KOB TV’s Gadi Schwartz in a long interview that touched all the controversies and scandals that have…
Secretary of State Mary Herrera’s office is once again shifting gears and releasing public information it had originally refused to provide.
This time, the Secretary of State’s Office relented and released hundreds of pages of e-mails to media outlets without…
Deputy Secretary of State Don Francisco Trujillo told KUNM Tuesday that his office is changing its approach to soliciting donations as a result of concerns from the Attorney General’s office.
Last week, embattled Secretary of State Mary Herrera named Deputy Secretary of State Don Francisco Trujillo to be the state elections director. But former elections director A.J. Salazar has contended that Trujillo is one of the “elements of corruption” in the SOS office. Should Don Francisco Trujillo serve as state elections director? Our panelists weigh in with their opinions.
Deputy Secretary of State Don Francisco Trujillo has been appointed to serve as state elections director, Secretary of State Mary Herrera announced this afternoon. Trujillo’s replaces A.J. Salazar, who alleged two weeks ago that Herrera is violating the Governmental Conduct Act and elections law in his resignation letter. Salazar has alleged that there are “elements of corruption” in the Secretary of State’s Office – those elements being Herrera and Trujillo.
County clerks handle the nuts and bolts of elections, so a former state elections director’s allegations of unethical behavior by Secretary of State Mary Herrera probably won’t affect the integrity of the upcoming June primary, many say. Still, some point out that there are a few areas in which the secretary of state directly impacts elections.
The public now has access to former state Elections Director A.J. Salazar’s resignation letter, posted here by the Rio Grande Sun.
The Rio Grande Sun published new details from its interview with former state Elections Director A.J. Salazar today, going with a great deal of depth into his allegation that there are “elements of corruption” in the Secretary of…
Another news organization has gotten its hands on a copy of former state Elections Director A.J. Salazar’s resignation letter, but the newspaper didn’t make the full letter public, and the Secretary of State’s Office still hasn’t released it.…
The state’s former elections director accused Secretary of State Mary Herrera in his resignation letter of violating the Governmental Conduct Act and election laws. And A.J. Salazar says he’s turned his allegations over to the attorney general,…
