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.
Former state elections director A.J. Salazar tells Heath Haussamen over at NMpolitics.net today that he doesn’t share his attorney’s sentiment that New Mexico Attorney General Gary King is playing election-year politics.
On Thursday, Salazar’s attorney, Rudy Martin of…
The race for Secretary of State, usually a quiet affair every four years, is making some noise this year, according to the Santa Fe New Mexican. Republican state senator Diane Duran, who is challenging incumbent Democrat Mary Herrera,…
A federal appeals court ruled today that the state can’t require two nonprofits to register as “political committees,” upholding the ruling of a federal judge last year, according to a news release issued by the nonprofit organizations Wednesday.
The appellate…
A total of 28 percent of registered Democrats and Republicans voted in the June 1 primary elections, according to the official results from the Secretary of State’s office. The results of the primary elections are now official after being certified…
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…
A delay in reporting Rio Arriba County election results Tuesday night was due to a connection failure between the County’s automated election system and the Secretary of State’s office, according to County Clerk Moises Morales.
Deputy County Clerk…
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…
While the Secretary of State’s office on Monday extended the deadline for campaigns to turn in their campaign finance disclosure reports, some reports have already been posted on the Secretary of State’s new Web site.
Totals in the statewide…
Office issues last-minute extension on 5 p.m. deadline; pledging an end to an era of waivers, Herrera will require all candidates to file reports
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.
Deputy Secretary of State Francisco Trujillo sat down with KUNM reporter Jim Williams for an hour-long interview this week to respond to accusations currently buffeting the state agency.
The agency has been portrayed in a bad light in the…
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.
KUNM has learned the state Attorney General’s office has concerns over what the Secretary of State may be doing with regard to seeking donations from contractors. In documents obtained this week, the AG’s office seems to back up the claims of…
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.
“It just shows that they are going out of their way to hide something,” Santa Fe County Clerk Valerie Espinoza said in an interview with KOB-TV, referring to the extensive, and perhaps overzealous, redactions in e-mails released by the…
