{"id":38968,"date":"2012-04-16T18:35:51","date_gmt":"2012-04-17T00:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=38968"},"modified":"2012-04-16T18:38:07","modified_gmt":"2012-04-17T00:38:07","slug":"luevano-will-try-to-get-back-on-ballot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2012\/04\/luevano-will-try-to-get-back-on-ballot\/","title":{"rendered":"Lu\u00e9vano will try to get back on ballot"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Johnny Lu\u00e9vano (Courtesy photo)<\/p><\/div>\n

\u2018My opponent, Moe Maestas, no longer has a challenger.\u00a0People deserve a choice, and a voice,\u2019 Lu\u00e9vano says.<\/h4>\n

Republican\u00a0Johnny Lu\u00e9vano<\/a>\u00a0says he will appeal a judge\u2019s decision to disqualify him from the N.M. House District 16 race.<\/p>\n

Lu\u00e9vano made the announcement earlier today. In a news release, he said, \u201cpeople shouldn\u2019t be punished for serving their country.\u201d<\/p>\n

As NMPolitics.net\u00a0reported previously<\/a>, while Lu\u00e9vano\u2019s retirement home was being built, he used the address to register to vote and vote. He says that was his best option for retaining residency while an active-duty Marine. Police are investigating.<\/p>\n

And Lu\u00e9vano filed to run for the House seat currently held by Democrat\u00a0Antonio \u201cMoe\u201d Maestas<\/a>, D-Albuquerque, who challenged his candidacy based on the fact that he didn\u2019t move into the home in District 16 until days after the deadline to live there.<\/p>\n

Last week, a district judge kicked him off the ballot<\/a>, agreeing that with Maestas that Lu\u00e9vano had to live in the home before the deadline to do so.<\/p>\n

Lu\u00e9vano\u2019s news release states that his \u201cplace of residence is protected by federal law \u2013 a protection put in place for active duty service men and women so they are not disenfranchised and penalized while deployed on active duty.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBy removing my name from the ballot, ten thousand voters in House District 16 will not have a choice for their representation,\u201d he said. \u201cMy opponent, Moe Maestas, no longer has a challenger.\u00a0People deserve a choice, and a voice.\u00a0The district deserves better than some slick lawyering from a representative who is afraid to campaign on the issues.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lu\u00e9vano is\u00a0a former NMPolitics.net columnist<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Republican Johnny Lu\u00e9vano says he will appeal a judge\u2019s decision to disqualify him from the House District 16 race.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[156,171,107],"class_list":["post-38968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-2012-election","tag-military","tag-roundhouse"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38968","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=38968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38968\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}