By DEBORAH BAKER
Associated Press March 3, 2006 New Mexico's 33 counties will switch from a patchwork of voting methods to a single paper-ballot system under a bill signed into law Thursday by Gov. Bill Richardson.
The governor, who pushed the proposal through the recent legislative session, said the system would make voting more secure and restore the public's confidence in elections. "We believe that all voices deserve to be heard, and when it comes to elections, that all votes deserve to be counted," the governor said at a signing ceremony that more resembled a campaign event. |
By STEPHEN IGO
Times-News March 03, 2006 WISE - Fourteen individuals, including the mayor/town manager of Appalachia, a town councilman, and two law enforcement officials, were indicted by a Wise County grand jury on multiple counts stemming from an alleged conspiracy to conduct election fraud during the 2004 town elections.
The indictments show the investigation hasn't been just about pork rinds, Special Prosecutor Tim McAfee said during a press conference at the Wise County Courthouse. The investigation into allegations of voter fraud evolved from early reports of attempted vote buying before town elections that reportedly involved items like bags of pork rinds, packs of cigarettes, and six-packs of beer. While the entire affair may have been sparked by rumors of "votes being sold for pork rinds," said McAfee, "I think it would be a fair statement to say it is not about pork rinds, and never was about pork rinds." |
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