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Senate committee advances bill to restore straight-party voting in New Mexico

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

February 21, 2013 – 11:04 am EST

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico — New Mexico voters could again check a single box to choose all of a party’s candidates under a bill advancing in the Legislature.

The Senate Rules Committee’s 6-4 vote Wednesday sends the bill to the Judiciary Committee.

It effectively would overturn Secretary of State Dianna Duran’s determination before the 2012 election that nothing in state law permitted straight-party voting. That eliminated the practice.

Democratic Sen. Michael Sanchez of Belen said restoring straight-party voting would help the elderly by allowing them to vote faster.

Republican Sen. Stuart Ingle of Portales said voters ought to take the time to consider every race regardless of party affiliation.

According to the Albuquerque Journal (http://bit.ly/YDJZ02 ), 41 percent of New Mexico voters in 2010 cast straight-party votes. Democrats got 56 percent of those.

 

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