New Mexico
Ballot Security
What Politicians Say
Republican Secretary of State nominee Audrey Trujillo has called Biden’s win a “coup” and repeated conspiracy theories about voter fraud.
Trujillo, who faces incumbent Democrat Maggie Toulouse Oliver in November, won the GOP nomination after running unopposed.
On social media, Trujillo has called President Joe Biden a “pedophile” and his supporters “demons,” said the 2020 election was “theft and fraud” and referred to “cheating” Democrats.
She has proposed ending early voting and vote-by-mail and hand-counting all ballots, a process that has been found to be less accurate, more expensive and dramatically slower.
Ease of Voting
A 2021 law requires at least one polling place on reservations and other tribal land and bars closing or consolidating any without written agreement of the Indian nation.
In 2020, the state had the highest rate of rejection for mail-in ballots in the country, largely centered in three of the state’s four largest counties.
Ballot Security
New Mexico has made no legislative changes that would affect election security.
How Politicians Responded to the 2020 Election
New Mexico’s only Republican US representative, Yvette Herrell, objected to Biden electors from Arizona and Pennsylvania.