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.
More than 200,000 New Mexicans chose to cast their ballots early this year according to the Secretary of State’s office. That’s a much higher early vote turnout than the last midterm election, in 2006, when about 132,500 people cast early ballots.…
Democrats have taken a lead in early votes but registered Republicans maintain a lead in returned absentee ballots in the state’s most populous county, according to the latest numbers from the Bernalillo County Clerk’s office.
As of today, 40,281 voters…
Republicans are keeping up with Democrats in early voting in the state’s most populous county and exceeding Democrats in the number of absentee ballots returned, according to the Bernalillo County Clerk’s office.
A bill that would allow voters to register and vote on the same day barely cleared the House Consumer and Public Affairs Committee on Thursday. The bill’s sponsor Rep. Jim Trujillo, D-Santa Fe told the committee…
According to Dr. Michael McDonald of George Mason University, early voting totals were up nearly 12 percent this year from the 2004 presidential election. In New Mexico, 33 percent of voters used mail-in ballots and didn’t step foot in a school…
Record turnout for early voting is the lead story in most New Mexico newspapers today, but elections officials from Secretary of State Mary Herrera on down say they still expect long lines at polling stations today, the traditional Election Day.…
In New Mexico’s most populous county, Democrats have utilized early voting more than their Republican counterparts. According to the latest numbers from the Bernalillo County Clerk, 33,752 Democrats have cast early ballots so far. This compares to 15,552 Republicans.
Overall, 57,052…
USA Today reported earlier today that 230,000 New Mexicans had voted through early and absentee voting. And that high number seemed to be borne out by numbers confirmed by the New Mexico Secretary of State’s office on…
According to USA Today, early and absentee voting numbers are huge so far in key swing states across the nation, including New Mexico.
The article says that a large number of people have either voted early or absentee in…
A New Mexico Republican leader is under fire today for writing a letter to the editor of the Alamogordo Daily News in which she called Barack Obama a “Muslim socialist.” Oh, but it gets worse. Marcia Stirman, the leader…
