Published 2 years ago

New Mexico weighs voting reforms, holiday on Election Day

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Proposal would make it easier to request and cast ballots by mail. Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver and Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham want to expand online voter registration. They also want to create a permanent absentee voter list so qualified residents can automatically receive mail-in ballots before each election.

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New Mexico weighs voting reforms, holiday on Election Day

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico would designate Election Day as a state holiday to encourage voting and make it easier to request and cast ballots by mail under a suggested legislative proposal outlined Thursday by the state's top…

2 years ago·United States

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New Mexico weighs voting reforms, holiday on Election Day

By MORGAN LEE Associated PressSANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s top election regulator and governor want to designate Election Day as a state holiday to encourage voting and make it easier to request and cast ballots by mail. Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver and Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said in a news release Thursday that the proposal responds to “a wave of anti-democratic sentiment nationwide,” discriminatory ballot access policie…

2 years ago·Panama City, United States

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