by Ramona Goolsby | Sep 26, 2024 | Focus
In New Mexico, a troubling pattern has emerged where election laws are being manipulated or outright ignored, allowing unqualified candidates to remain on the ballot. These oversights and legal breaches are not confined to one political party or a single office. Both...
by Ramona Goolsby | Aug 18, 2024 | Maggie Toulouse-Oliver
Election officials are the one class of public servant that must avoid all perception of overt political bias. The public must trust that their election officials take their duty to conduct fair elections more seriously than their personal political opinions. Sadly,...
by Ramona Goolsby | Aug 9, 2024 | Focus
As recently as 2018, New Mexico was considered a purple state, even though the New Mexico legislature has historically leaned Democrat. However, New Mexico has witnessed a hard pivot to the far left over the last several years as the legislature has transformed from a...
by Ramona Goolsby | Jul 31, 2024 | Focus
Elections have Consequences This series has covered evidence of deep corruption in New Mexico’s judiciary: From nepotism to the radical organization “Emerge” seeking to undermine the independence and fairness of New Mexico’s Judiciary. We have covered how the makeup...
by Ramona Goolsby | Jul 4, 2024 | Focus
From the Bench to the Ballot: Emerge’s Influence on Politicizing the Judiciary in New Mexico Part 2 of this series discussed how the courts were intended to work in our constitutional republic. The separation of powers was designed to ensure no single branch exceeds...