The Do\u00f1a Ana County Board of Commissioners plans to create an ad-hoc committee composed of 7-9 members that will examine operations of the elections bureau, from pre-election planning to post-election reporting.<\/p>\n
Though the commission wants the committee to make recommendations for changes needed in the office so the commission can adopt official policies and procedures, the board can\u2019t force policy changes on elected Clerk Rita Torres.<\/p>\n
The commission does, however, control Torres\u2019 budget.<\/p>\n
Commissioners voted at a Friday afternoon meeting to create the committee. At the same meeting, they voted to certify the primary election results.<\/p>\n
Torres, who rarely works an eight-hour day, was not present for the meeting.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m confident that these numbers today are accurate,\u201d Elections Director Mari Langford told commissioners before all five voted to certify the results.<\/p>\n
Commissioners created the committee in response to what they perceive to be problems with the primary election. Though last week\u2019s election went more smoothly than some in recent years, the county elections bureau carries a lot of baggage.<\/p>\n
Then-County Clerk Ruben Ceballos was forced from office several years ago after being convicted of elections violations. He was given a deferred, five year sentence, so the conviction will eventually be erased from his record if he stays out of trouble.<\/p>\n
And a mathematical error in the county in 2000 resulted in George Bush mistakenly being declared early on the winner of the state\u2019s five electoral votes. Discovery of the mistake shifted the victory to Al Gore.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re trying to get to the problems that we\u2019re having,\u201d Commission Chairwoman Dolores Salda\u00f1a-Caviness said at the meeting.<\/p>\n
The committee will consist of an even number of Democrats and Republicans and at least one registered voter who is independent or a member of a minor party, commissioners decided.<\/p>\n
The commission extended the deadline for applications until Thursday at 5 p.m. Applications must be hand delivered to the government center on Motel Boulevard.<\/p>\n
Thus far, 14 have applied.<\/p>\n
Commissioners will select committee members at their meeting on June 27. At the first commission meeting in July, Langford will provide commissioners with an analysis of the primary election. The committee will report its results and make recommendations to commissioners at the first meeting in September.<\/p>\n
Here are the final Do\u00f1a Ana County results certified Friday by the commission.<\/p>\n
Democrats<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Secretary of State<\/strong> State Auditor<\/strong> Attorney General<\/strong> Commissioner of Public Lands<\/strong> PRC District 2<\/strong> PRC District 5<\/strong> Magistrate Judge Division 3<\/strong> County Commission District 1<\/strong> Probate Judge<\/strong> Republicans<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n U.S. Senator<\/strong> PRC District 5<\/strong> County Commission District 3<\/strong> The Do\u00f1a Ana County Board of Commissioners plans to create an ad-hoc committee composed of 7-9 members that will examine operations of the elections bureau, from pre-election planning to post-election reporting. Though the commission wants the committee to make recommendations for changes needed in the office so the commission can adopt official policies and procedures, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Mary Herrera: 1,575
Stephanie Gonzales: 1,489
Shirley Hooper: 871
Letitia Montoya: 680<\/p>\n
Jeff Armijo: 2,642
Thomas Buckner: 1,720<\/p>\n
Geno Zamora: 1,333
Lemuel Martinez: 782
Gary King: 2,669<\/p>\n
Ray Powell: 2,144
Jim Baca: 2,487<\/p>\n
Stephanie Dubois: 235
Joseph Calderon: 137<\/p>\n
Sandy Jones: 2,634
E. Shirley Baca: 1,739<\/p>\n
Maria Rodriguez: 1,936
Olivia Garcia: 2,675<\/p>\n
Chris Jaramillo: 411
Oscar Vasquez Butler: 712<\/p>\n
Dino Villani: 634
Alice Salcido: 2,648
Neri Frietze: 1,370<\/p>\n
Allen McCulloch: 1,443
David Pfeffer: 731
Joseph Carraro: 493<\/p>\n
D. Kent Evans: 1,048
Doyle Pruitt: 462
C. Earl Greer: 787<\/p>\n
Ruben Gonzalez: 193
Mack Haley: 635<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"