Secretary of State Mary Herrera
The Secretary of State’s Office released a redacted version of former Elections Director A.J. Salazar’s resignation letter today along with a point-by-point response to the allegations made in it.
There isn’t too much new in the response, but you can read it here. You can read the redacted copy of Salazar’s letter here. And the news release that accompanied both is available here.
The Rio Grande Sun published an un-redacted copy of Salazar’s resignation letter more than a week ago.
Salazar alleged in the letter that Herrera is violating the Governmental Conduct Act and elections law.
Among Salazar’s allegations is that Secretary of State Mary Herrera ordered exempt employees to collect signatures for her re-election bid at a meeting held during work hours, that she was improperly soliciting donations from contractors doing business with the office to help fund a training, and that she retaliated against him after he tried to stop those potentially illegal actions.
Salazar has turned his allegations over to the attorney general, who is looking into the situation.