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Secretary of State Opens Online Absentee Ballot Requests and Permanent Absentee List Sign-Up for Primary Election

SANTA FE – Registered voters in New Mexico can now request an absentee ballot for the 2024 Primary Election at NMVOTE.ORG, the Secretary of State’s voter information portal. All registered voters in New Mexico can apply for, receive, and vote with an absentee ballot. This year, voters can also voluntarily opt-in to be part of the […]

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Debbie O’Malley throws hat in the ring for state Senate

Former Bernalillo County Commissioner and Albuquerque City Councilor Debbie O’Malley has thrown her hat into the ring for State Senate District 13.  O’Malley has been in local government since 2003, serving on the Albuquerque City Council until 2012. She then ran for the North Valley seat on the Bernalillo County Commission where she served until […]

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NM students may have new requirements to get that diploma

By Margaret O’Hara/The Santa Fe New Mexican A new set of high school graduation requirements won approval Monday from the Senate Education Committee — but not without disagreement over whether the state should require students to take financial literacy courses. Sponsored by Rep. Andrés Romero, D-Albuquerque, and Rep. Ryan Lane, R-Aztec, House Bill 171 is designed to […]

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Pretrial detention bill favored by the gov won’t move forward

By Robert Knott/ Santa Fe New Mexican A “tougher on crime” bill championed by the governor that supporters say would address the perception of violent criminals moving through a judicial revolving door went through something of a revolving door itself Monday. Members of the Senate Health and Public Affairs Committed voted 5-4 to table Senate […]

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Lawmakers want attorney general to create new task force on missing and murdered Indigenous people

By Bella Davis/NM In Depth Five New Mexico lawmakers want the state attorney general to establish a task force focused on missing and murdered Indigenous people.  They’ve made the request via Senate Joint Memorial 2, which they introduced this week. The memorial puts on display the disagreement some lawmakers have with Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s quiet shuttering last year of […]