Posted on 06/18/2022 3:40:56 PM PDT by Coronal
Officials in Otero County, New Mexico, voted to certify primary election results on Friday in compliance with a state Supreme Court order after refusing to do so, citing concerns about voting machines.
In a 2-1 vote, the Republican-led commission certified the county's results from its June 7 primary. One of the commissioners, Vickie Marquardt, said she voted to certify over fears of criminal charges and possible jail time.
“The New Mexico Supreme Court, the Democrat-controlled state legislature and the Democrat-controlled Secretary of State and the Attorney General will not allow us to withhold approval pending investigation. Instead, they are railroading this commission into rubber-stamping approval under the threat of criminal charges and jail,” Marquardt said in remarks Friday. “I will be no use to the residents of Otero County from jail or if I am removed from office.”
While there is no evidence of any problems with the voting process in this month's election, the commissioners have protested the use of equipment from Dominion Voting Systems, perpetuating conspiracy theories that came out of the 2020 election.
The three commissioners first refused to certify the primary results on Monday, citing debunked claims about Dominion voting machines. The following day, New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver sought to compel the commission to certify, noting there was no evidence to back up claims questioning the accuracy, and on Wednesday the state Supreme Court ordered the panel to certify the results by Friday.
"We dodged a bullet here," Toulouse Oliver told NBC News on Friday night, adding that the state's laws and the court's action prevented "the system from completely breaking down."
She said the state Legislature, which is controlled by Democrats, should consider more ways to protect elections from "rogue" officials.
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Why would someone not want a corrupt system to break down?
Courts are in charge.
Why have elections if elected officials can be forced to violate their conscience?
They should have said “under protest”
“Why have elections if elected officials can be forced to violate their conscience”
I cannot believe you are serious.
Every time I read the line about conspiracy theories I know the article is complete bullshit. So what is the real story here? I don't trust the simplest of so-called facts from NBC/Comcrap. They have zero credibility.
Funny how preventing an investigation results in "no evidence."
DemonRats are terrified of investigations and recounts of their elections.
A court-forced certification is the illusion of choice. It is now meaningless rubber-stamp.
Yeah.
They should just have judges pick the winners. Save a lot of money on electioneering...
/s
Not a good hill to die on.
The commissioners never gave a single example of vote fraud. One specifically said there was no evidence, he just had a ‘gut feeling’. It’s ok if they didn’t like the Dominion voting machines, but if they were going to refuse to certify the election, they should have solid evidence, and they did not.
One of many ilusions.
Like I said a hundred times before if you don’t fix 2020 there is no 2022 or 2024.
Shades of what is coming in November. No matter how many people vote Republican! It won’t matter. We are lost., we just don’t want to believe it.
One more example of courts superseding the election laws that the State Legislature is responsible for creating. Paging the Supreme Court. Maybe you’ll finally get off your asses, and use your 2000 Bush v. Gore decision.
The midterms are going to be a disaster and you mark my words somehow the rats are gonna keep both houses! Fraud along with the rat riots to distract from the fraud taking place that day are going to make voting in Venezuela a picnic !
I agree. The big red wave is a dream.
Agreed. There are no more political solutions.
When democrats control the elections, the agencies responsible for oversight, and the courts, one of the few things the Republicans have left is a gut feeling.
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