{"id":3906,"date":"2008-10-28T12:35:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-28T18:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/10\/all-about-allegations-of-voter-fraud-and-suppression\/"},"modified":"2008-10-28T12:35:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-28T18:35:00","slug":"all-about-allegations-of-voter-fraud-and-suppression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/10\/all-about-allegations-of-voter-fraud-and-suppression\/","title":{"rendered":"All about allegations of voter fraud and suppression"},"content":{"rendered":"

In these last, crazy days of the 2008 election, there\u2019s been a lot of back and forth about voter fraud and voter suppression. To this point, I haven\u2019t written about it: Much of it isn\u2019t about current events and should have been brought up months ago if the real goal was to ensure fair elections.<\/p>\n

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But the fighting is escalating, so I wanted to at least provide you with some links to more information.<\/p>\n

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\u2022 Click here<\/a> to read about state Sen. Leonard Lee Rawson<\/a>, R-Las Cruces, raising concerns about possible voter fraud in his district. The article includes the response of his Democratic opponent, Steve Fischmann<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u2022 Click here<\/a> to read about GOP allegations that 28 people voted fraudulently in Albuquerque<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> in the June primary. Click here<\/a> to read about Democrats fighting back against the allegations, and here<\/a> to read about two lawsuits filed in response to the Republicans\u2019 claims. Click here<\/a> for a list of articles on the situation published by The New Mexico Independent.<\/p>\n

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\u2022 To top it off, Rolling Stone is out with a new article claiming that the GOP is trying to suppress the vote, and it relies extensively on reporting from New Mexico<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>. Click here<\/a> to read it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In these last, crazy days of the 2008 election, there\u2019s been a lot of back and forth about voter fraud and voter suppression. To this point, I haven\u2019t written about it: Much of it isn\u2019t about current events and should have been brought up months ago if the real goal was to ensure fair elections. […]<\/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-3906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3906","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=3906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3906\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}