Alamogordo Daily News - One legislator says he has a plan to end election madness. State Sen. Howie Morales wants to outlaw nominating petitions, the system now used by major-party candidates to qualify for primary election ballots. Morales plans to introduce a bill next year to do away with the petition system, which he considers flawed and outdated. "We should just have candidates pay a filing fee to be on the ballot. I'm going to carry legislation along those lines," said Morales, a Democrat from Silver City and a former county clerk. The petition system this year was especially chaotic. Challenges to nominating petitions filed by 10 incumbent legislators reached the New Mexico Supreme Court. Jennifer Romero, who was a candidate for district attorney of Bernalillo County, also received a Supreme Court hearing after a district judge found her petitions one signature shy of the number needed to qualify for the primary election. The Supreme Court reinstated Romero's candidacy, but she ended up losing to the incumbent in a lopsided race. Of the challenges to state legislators, nine of the 10 that reached the Supreme Court were for technical violations of campaign law. Read More News New Mexico
Senator: Time to shred nominating petitions for good
Alamogordo Daily News - One legislator says he has a plan to end election madness. State Sen. Howie Morales wants to outlaw nominating petitions, the system now used by major-party candidates to qualify for primary election ballots. Morales plans to introduce a bill next year to do away with the petition system, which he considers flawed and outdated. "We should just have candidates pay a filing fee to be on the ballot. I'm going to carry legislation along those lines," said Morales, a Democrat from Silver City and a former county clerk. The petition system this year was especially chaotic. Challenges to nominating petitions filed by 10 incumbent legislators reached the New Mexico Supreme Court. Jennifer Romero, who was a candidate for district attorney of Bernalillo County, also received a Supreme Court hearing after a district judge found her petitions one signature shy of the number needed to qualify for the primary election. The Supreme Court reinstated Romero's candidacy, but she ended up losing to the incumbent in a lopsided race. Of the challenges to state legislators, nine of the 10 that reached the Supreme Court were for technical violations of campaign law. Read More News New Mexico
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