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Posted on According to this story, an individual voter in New Mexico has filed a lawsuit in state court, alleging that the party is not a major party. The party polled 7.08% in November 2020 for Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals. The candidate, Stephen Curtis, received 62,547 votes. The law says a major party is one in which “any candidate” polled as much as 5% of the total vote cast in the state for President or Governor. In 2020 the total presidential vote was 923,965. Five percent of that number is 46,199, so it seems obvious that the party met the vote test for major party status. The law also requires a major party to have registration of at least one-third of 1%, but the Libertarian Party has .94% of the registration. Thanks to Rick Lass for the link. ....
Posted on On March 8, the New Mexico Senate Rules Committee voted on SJR 22, a proposed constitutional amendment. If the legislature had passed it, then the voters would have been asked in November 2022 whether to alter the state constitution to provide for ranked choice voting for all elections, partisan and non-partisan. But the measure lost on a tie vote. It is sponsored by State Senator Bill Tallman (D-Albuquerque). Thanks to Rick Lass for this news. ....
New Mexico Bill for Primaries in Special Elections Advances ballot-access.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ballot-access.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Note: While the exact voting system used is not known by this author, it appears that the state executive board seats were elected in multiple winner election districts, of two to three names per district. The ideal way, for the lowest Droop Quota threshold for each of seven seats, is for all seven seats to be elected at-large simultaneously, with a threshold of 1/8th (or 12.5%) plus one vote for each name. Droop Quota thresholds for two and three winner election districts could have been 33.33% and 25% plus one vote each for the three and two-winner election districts, or as low as 12.5% plus one vote for all seven of the seats elected simultaneously on one ballot. ....
Working Families Party Is Now a Qualified Party in New Mexico ballot-access.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ballot-access.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.