New Mexico Green Party Submits 4,000 Signatures for Its U.S. House Nominee, but Secretary of State Rejects The Petition
June 23rd, 2010On June 22, the New Mexico Green Party submitted 4,000 signatures for its nominee for U.S. House, First District, but the Secretary of State refused to accept them. The Secretary of State does not agree that the Green Party is ballot-qualified. Litigation over whether it is or isn’t is ongoing. The party’s nominee is Alan Woodruff.
June 23rd, 2010 at 2:36 pm
Only the New Mexico legislature (subject to alteration by Congress) has the authority to prescribe the manner of holding congressional election.
The source of the disagreement is not over whether the Secretary of State’s interpretation of the statute is correct, but rather whether New Mexico’s statute is constitutional.