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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It doesnt help that idiot Republicans in the senate like Cornyn seem to be working overtime to undermine the 2A which is the absolute last firewall for a multitude of GOP leaning voters.
Well, he was elected by majority vote by the voters in the state of Texas. They knew who he was and what he was before they elected him. And they liked what he was and what he was doing or they would not have elected him. So what is your problem?
I was hoping 2nd-A would save this country.
Remember Stalin’s words “It is not who votes that counts, it is who counts the vote.”
hahahaha... I got to that exact part and stopped reading!
Most people here don’t want to acknowledge that.
And the USSC controls it all. 9 Justices of which the majority are corrupt. It only takes 5 justices to rule the entire country with an iron fist.
The majority were appointed by Republicans, three of them by Trump.
How much are you willing to bet on the outcome of the November elections?
I ask doomers this question, and they almost always (with a single exception) run and hide.
Let’s see if you really believe your doom, or if you are just another one of the surrender monkey clowns.
I say the GOP takes the House. You seem to think that they won’t.
Loser leaves FR forever.
Are you game?
Two of Trumps are liberals who don’t care about the constituion.
Well, he chose them.
I like to believe in unicorns but sadly reality is not as rosy. In Georgia right now the fraud is rampant in the primaries including the GOP primary. I hope we take back the House but even if we do what do you visualize the Republicans acheiving?
It’s still a good hill to die on. Regardless of his reasoning, the certification still requires a vote, it’s not automatic. No man should be compelled to vote against his conscience.
If you are so sure of your doom, why not bet?
I’m sure this is all going to end well but it won’t be through the current state of our election system. We are in the storm right now. 2020 has to be reversed and Trump has to be reinstated. You cannot let the car thief keep the car.
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Bet? LOL!
The FReeper you are responding to has pushed stories that there was a mass arrest of journalists, that there are Biden body doubles, that the Quantum Financial System (gifted to humans by extraterrestrials) is going to replace current financial systems, that Trump is still the President behind the scenes and by means of Devolution, etc.
There’s been so much jackassin’ it’s hard to keep track of.
“She” won’t bet you as she is just pushing a lot of conspiracy theories.
Ye gads, what a mouth-breathing dumb.
You ain’t kidding.
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