Jason Snead, Executive Director of Honest Elections Project Action
“Democrats in the New Mexico Legislature are poised to ram through a measure that would irreparably harm the integrity and credibility of elections in the state. SB8 automatically lets felons vote the moment they walk out of prison. The bill mandates error-prone automatic voter registration, lacks sufficient safeguards to remove inaccurate registrations from the rolls, and automatically mails ballots to voters on a new permanent absentee list. These policies are an invitation to fraud and chaos. The bill’s proponents even tried to lower the voting age to 16, a measure that was stripped out but could very well return.
“This legislation would be a disaster for New Mexico’s election system. Rather than working to secure their elections with tried-and-true measures, state legislators risk undermining the public’s confidence in state elections. This effort must be rejected.”