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Domestic terrorism. Insurrection. Insanity.
That’s what elected officials from New Mexico called what happened when a mob of right-wing Trump supporters stormed and briefly took over the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, as the House and Senate were debating challenges to election results based on unfounded conspiracy theories about voter fraud.
The Senate voted against any objections that would undermine the majority of voters in any states. While the House also defeated the attempt to challenge the electors in Arizona and Pennsylvania, more than half of the Republican caucus voted in favor of overturning the election results, including New Mexico’s only Republican member of the delegation.
New Mexico congresswoman Yvette Herrell objects to Biden s election in Congress Algernon D Ammassa, Las Cruces Sun-News
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WASHINGTON – New Mexico s sole Republican in Congress, U.S. Rep. Yvette Herrell from New Mexico s 2nd congressional district, joined other House Republicans this week in objecting to certifying Electoral College results for Biden in Arizona and Pennsylvania.
The process was delayed Wednesday after a mob of Trump supporters broke into the U.S. Capitol, forcing the evacuation of lawmakers as a riot ensued in which four people died.
Despite the riot, Republicans proceeded with objections to electoral votes in certain states that voted for Biden, but only Arizona and Pennsylvania s results received objections from both House and Senate members.
December 5, 2020
UPDATED: Judge impounds Grant Count ballots at Republican request Written by Makayla Grijalva on December 5, 2020
Two defeated Republicans, Grant County Commission District 5 candidate Tom Shelley and District 28 state Senate candidate James “Jimbo” Williams, filed a motion in District Court last week to impound Grant County’s general election ballots.
“It’s just a right, and both of our races were close,” Shelley told the Daily Press on Saturday. “It’s very expensive to pay the county clerk to do a recount but we are just going to do a little audit, and this way is less expensive.”
Williams also filed a petition to impound ballots in Socorro County, which were also taken into custody by New Mexico State Police last week. While the court order to impound the ballots in Grant County did not include terms for the inspection of the ballots, the court order signed in S