County Commissioners Who Won't Certify Election To Be Referred To A.G. For Prosecution

Maggie Toulouse Oliver, New Mexico secretary of state, confirms that she will refer Otero County commissioners to the state attorney general for violating their oath of office in refusing to certify Republican primary election results.

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[philgroves]

Charge them and prosecute them. Period.

[TheTishy]

They need to be made an example of. Or this will keep happening, all over the US.

[trishaann]

As deputy Barny would say "nip it in the bud". If they refuse to do their job they need to be removed from office TODAY and replaced by someone who will. County clerks are not supposed to be able to ignore the votes and put their candidate in office.

[nicholasgallanis]

"What, you're going to put me in prison?"

This is the brazen mentality that arises when accountability is not upheld, they end up having no respect for law & order!

[ian]

Someone forgot to tell them that facts don’t care about their feelings.

[irishboy_pa]

Not their job to like who won. Gop need to stop doing this when they don't win. It is just sad.

[hazelem]

This is what happens when there is no accountability right from the start.

[thewrightchoiceinrealestat]

Removal from office should be a given. Regardless of whether any of them go to prison; they shouldn’t be allowed to have any connections to our elections.

[greenpugcactus]

The voters need to sue any county commissioner that refuses to certify election results for violating their constitutional right to honor their vote. And yes, criminal prosecution!

[michelecolvin]

Thank you Otero County Commissioners for once again making the National news for something so ridiculous. And to my commissioner you lost my vote, if I ever get to vote, for participating in this utter nonsense.

[tragicrhythm]

There needs to be some real consequences for crimes against the people. These commissioners looked at all the various seditionists who still haven’t been held accountable and thought they’d give it a try themselves.

[maryhjort]

My “feeling” is that this is a warm-up for things to come. I will “feel” much safer when these folks are moved on and dealt with according to the rule of law. Seems more and more like we’re dealing with children.

[kyliepechler]

It's hard to comprehend that these commissioners seriously believe they can refuse certify the primary election results, i.e. not follow the law, because they "don't feel good about it" ? 0:22
That is mindboggling that one of the commissioners dared someone to "put me in prison".

[AngryGnome]

They're in a position that they need to do the will of the people. If they ignore the will of the people that is treason and they should be treated as traitors.

[etc.]

When someone reacts so nonchalantly to the possibility of going to prison when they've done something wrong, you really need to lock them up.

[lilianfowler]

Jail jail jail. Betraying the people they serve. Jail recall. Tired of these tantrums. Yes, jail. You are fired.

[suzanneporter]

The Secty of State in NM is doing the right thing. Hopefully, their AG will do the same. If we want a democracy, these crooks myst be held to account. 🇺🇲

[johnscott]

Showing their true colors. They have no right not to. None of their business as to who won. To bad their feelings are hurt. They need to be fired. Throw them in jail.

[SixxThirtyFive]

When you disobey a court order, it's contempt of court and therefore jail time. If she doesn't comply with it, she better be locked up. This picking and choosing who gets to break the law is ridiculous.

[nyccolm]

Remove and jail. This rubbish has to stop.