Albuquerque, NM – “Democrat claims about voter fraud don’t pass the straight face test,” said Republican Party of New Mexico Executive Director Bryan Watkins. The Executive Director of the Democratic Party of New Mexico contended in a statement released last week that, “There has never been a successful prosecution for voter fraud in New Mexico.” In fact, RPNM found many examples of voter fraud convictions in New Mexico. A couple examples to refresh Mr. Forrester’s memory include: In 1992, an Albuquerque community activist, and former state Democratic Party worker, and her assistant plead guilty and were convicted on federal charges of voter fraud (“Former Dental Clinic Head, Aide Sentenced for Embezzlement,” Albuquerque Journal, August 6, 1992).
In 2009, a former Democrat municipal court judge was convicted of false voting, making a false statement on his candidate declaration and falsifying documents in a municipal election (“Former Judge Gets 18 Months Probation In Vote Case,” Associated Press, October 9, 2009). Less than a year later that same judge’s wife was convicted of voting in Dona Ana County in 1998 and 2000 -- but not 2004 -- with the knowledge that she was not a qualified voter (“Wife Of Former Judge Sentenced,” Las Cruces Sun-News, May 14, 2010). Watkins continued, “Once again, Democrats are playing fast and loose with the facts and short-changing New Mexico families in the process. Secretary of State Duran is fighting to protect the integrity of the voting process and ensuring the voice of hard working New Mexicans is heard loud and clear. “As stated by the U.S. Supreme Court, ‘not only is the risk of voter fraud real,’ but ‘it could affect the outcome of a close election.’ New Mexicans deserve a clean, honest election process and they deserve to have confidence that their voice was not marginalized by fraudulent interests.”
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