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New Mexico’s Supreme Court Orders GOP-Led County Commission to Certify Primary Results

HeadlineJun 16, 2022

New Mexico’s state Supreme Court has ordered a Republican-led county commission to certify the results of the June 7 primary. The commission has refused to do so, citing conspiracy theories about the county’s voting machines, which were made by Dominion, the company at the heart of many of Trump’s false claims about the 2020 election. One member of the Otero County Commission is Couy Griffin, who co-founded the group Cowboys for Trump and once said, “The only good Democrat is a dead Democrat.” He faces sentencing on Friday for his role in the January 6 insurrection. The standoff in New Mexico comes as voting rights activists are expressing increasing alarm as supporters of Trump’s attempted coup take control of more local election bodies.

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