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| State Senator George Munoz |
From the Alamogordo Daily News - By Milan Simonich Texas-New Mexico Newspapers - SANTA FE -- State Sen. George Munoz, who was only hours away from a court hearing, today withdrew his lawsuit to disqualify one opponent from the primary election ballot. Munoz, D-Gallup, claimed that fellow Democrat Genevieve Jackson holds driver's licenses from two states -- New Mexico and Arizona -- putting her residency into question. But Munoz's attorney, Joel A. Davis, said the case targeting Jackson on her residency would have taken too long to establish in court. "There's not a method to attack the underlying voter registration issue based on the way the statute is written," Davis said. Munoz dropped his suit against Jackson just before it was to be heard by District Judge Raymond Ortiz of Santa Fe. Jackson said she lives in New Mexico and meets all residency requirements to run against Munoz in Senate District 4, which includes parts of Cibola, McKinley and San Juan counties. She says she does not have an Arizona's driver's license but admits that her vehicle is registered in Arizona her for convenience. Residents of the rural Navajo Nation find it difficult to get the New Mexico Motor Vehicle Division to acknowledge a hogan without a physical address, Jackson said. She said she was able to register the vehicle in Arizona by showing a Navajo Utility Authority bill. Read more
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