Yep. I am pissed off today Governor Richardson. I am pissed off because my daughter doesn't get to vote next month. She registered to vote back in August. She submitted her signed voter registration application to the Bureau of Elections in Santa Fe via US mail. She is a college student and WAS looking forward to voting in her first election this November. But she can't. She was told by the Bernalillo County Clerk's office that "these things get lost and ripped up all the time." Lost? Ripped up? She was also told that sometimes "it takes a while for applications that arrive by mail to be put into the system." This is inexcusable.
How many voters have been disenfranchised this way? If the County Clerks office is aware that voting applications are being lost or destroyed what are they doing to fix this?
I challenge you to fix this broken system we have in New Mexico. Make it your priority. Our Democracy depends on it. There is no room for even one disenfranchised voter.