Rep. Garcia challenges primary election results

Mary Helen Garcia

Attorneys for the campaign of Rep. Mary Helen Garcia have formally a filed a motion challenging the results in the June Primary Election. 

Specifically, the attorneys cite irregularities in the signatures associated with absentee voting in the primary election for New Mexico House District 34. Rep. 

Garcia said. “The fact that Sunland Park has been marred by election fraud in the past, most recently in the 2013 municipal elections, and that the fact that similarities exist in this election, is more than a coincidence."

  Attorneys for Rep. Garcia submitted information by a forensic handwriting analyst, citing at least 17 cases of signatures not matching voter rolls. 

Third Judicial District Judge  Jim T. Martin set August 12 as the trial date for the election challenge. 

Information from The Associated Press. 

Rep. Garcia challenges primary election results