“My vote...is not based on any facts': How this New Mexico county was one vote away from an election fiasco. -MaddowBlog
Officials in Otero County, New Mexico, voted to certify primary election results on Friday in compliance with a state Supreme Court order after refusing to do so, citing concerns about voting machines. In a 2-1 vote, the Republican-led commission certified the county’s results from its June 7 primary.New Mexico held primary elections two weeks ago, and the process was largely unremarkable. Candidates ran, voters participated, ballots were counted, and election results were announced.
Vickie Marquardt, a commissioner who said in her “heart” she suspected that the conspiracy theories had merit, eventually reversed course — not because she’d been persuaded by evidence or reason, but because she fearedFriday’s vote was not, however, unanimous: Otero County commissioners voted 2-1 to certify the results. The dissenter was Couy Griffin, founder of “Cowboys for Trump,” who, coincidentally, was also sentenced on Friday to 14 days in jail and a $3,000 fine for his role in the Jan.
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