As Election Day draws near and the Trump Executive Branch ramps up its interference with states administering their elections, New Mexico is bracing for election monitors from the federal Department of Justice (DOJ. While such monitoring has been conducted for decades, this election is different. Historically, the federal government has sent DOJ monitors to ensure ballot access. As this news analysis explains, this year, state election officials fear that Trump DOJ monitors will work to restrict it.
"Since no one really knows, we’ve trained our watchers to be alert to people who are agents, DOJ monitors," [Feldman] said, "and to be extra sensitive to whether they are following New Mexico state law about what law enforcement, federal or otherwise, may and may not do at the polls."
Today, Source NM quoted Land of Action founder Heidi Li Feldman in its coverage of DOJ monitors coming to New Mexico watchers . Read the full article for more on what Land of Action and other election-related-organizations are readying themselves for.
Here's a summary of the New Mexico election laws applicable to everybody, including DOJ monitors.
