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February 12, 2026, 01:01 PM
chellim1
How many qualified voter signatures does it take?
Four New Mexico candidates disqualified after failing to meet ballot requirements
SANTA FE — If he rebuffs a primary challenge, U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján is set to avoid a Republican opponent in his bid for a second term, after a potential GOP opponent was disqualified Tuesday for failing to meet ballot requirements.
The disqualification of Republican candidate Christopher Vanden Heuvel of Rio Rancho means that for the first time in modern state history the state's general election ballot for a U.S. Senate race will have only one major party candidate.
In all, Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver ruled four candidates did not turn in enough qualified voter signatures to appear on the June primary election ballot.
In addition to Vanden Heuvel, other disqualified candidates include Republican Carlton Pennington of Moriarty in the 1st Congressional District race and Republican gubernatorial hopeful Belinda Robertson of Las Cruces.
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February 12, 2026, 01:31 PM
flesheatingvirus
If they broke the rule, that sucks, but it's on them. I sure as hell would want some decent, independent verification that they actually DIDN'T follow the proper process. I wonder if all of the Democratic candidates checked this box...
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February 12, 2026, 02:13 PM
mrvmax
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Originally posted by flesheatingvirus: If they broke the rule, that sucks, but it's on them. I sure as hell would want some decent, independent verification that they actually DIDN'T follow the proper process. I wonder if all of the Democratic candidates checked this box...
I agree, if they were required to have a certain number of ballots and they did not meet that, then I do not see anything amiss. But there should be proof of not meeting the requirements.
February 12, 2026, 02:49 PM
chellim1
quote:
How many qualified voter signatures does it take?
Looks like 2% of votes cast for all of the party's gubernatorial candidates in the last primary.
"Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown
"The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor
February 12, 2026, 03:01 PM
12131
That’s why one shouldn’t jump up and down crying foul, when there’s none. At least do some story verification first.
Edited to say that, while it’s true that the NM SoS blocked the GOP candidate from being on the ballot, it turned out it’s the incompetent GOP guy that shot himself in the foot by not following their own state’s actual election law. There was no “voter suppression” BS. This message has been edited. Last edited by: 12131,
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February 12, 2026, 04:24 PM
Expert308
quote:
Originally posted by chellim1: How many qualified voter signatures does it take?
What I wonder is how many qualified voter signatures got lost?
February 12, 2026, 04:30 PM
k5blazer
Would hardly matter if the petitions were filled in correctly. New Mexico is solidly blue and Senator Lujan will easily take Santa Fe, Bernalillo, Torrance and Dona Ana counties. The other counties don't matter. Lujan is likely Senator for life.
February 12, 2026, 04:42 PM
Biker_dude
Seems I remember similar tactics when Hitler was coming to power.
February 12, 2026, 05:10 PM
LS1 GTO
quote:
Originally posted by Biker_dude: Seems I remember similar tactics when Hitler was coming to power.
I agree, if we don’t like what they’re doing, they must be like one of the most evil leaders in history.
Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
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February 13, 2026, 09:06 AM
Fly-Sig
quote:
Originally posted by Expert308:
What I wonder is how many qualified voter signatures got lost?
Exactly. Or disqualified for some imagined reason.
We had a county wide referendum disqualified for a very popular initiative when the county clerk had a very strict interpretation of a technical requirement. Pages in a 3 ring binder weren't "bound" according to her.
Big, really big, monied developers have been persuading state and local politicians to go against the citizens.
I want to know more about the signature issues in NM before passing judgement, but I would fully believe shenanigans were involved in disqualifying candidates.
February 13, 2026, 09:15 AM
still_bill
Can voters write in "none of the above"?
February 13, 2026, 11:59 AM
flesheatingvirus
quote:
Originally posted by still_bill: Can voters write in "none of the above"?
I just won't be checking the boxes. You see that every election in NM- only one candidate on the bubble sheet with a "D", nobody else. So much for freedom of choice.
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