Convicted Cowboys For Trump Rioter And New Mexico County Commissioner Refuses To Certify Primary Result

The Associated Press reports:

New Mexico’s secretary of state on Tuesday asked the state Supreme Court to order the Republican-led commission of rural Otero County to certify primary election results after it refused to do so over distrust of Dominion vote-tallying machines.

Democratic Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Olive’s request came a day after the three-member Otero County commission, in its role as a county canvassing board, voted unanimously against certifying the results of the June 7 primary without raising specific concerns about discrepancies.

The commission’s members include Cowboys for Trump co-founder Couy Griffin, who ascribes to unsubstantiated claims that former President Donald Trump won the 2020 election. Griffin was convicted of illegally entering restricted U.S. Capitol grounds.

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Expect more of this… wake up America and GOP, this will destroy us. This is now the plan for MAGA, place people in low levels who can refuse to do their basic duty.

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— Adam Kinzinger????✌️ (@AdamKinzinger) June 15, 2022

Expect more court battles ahead as recalcitrant election boards and officials refuse to certify results (or certify their own version of results) and injunctions are sought against them. https://t.co/QCWoavYzw8

— Walter Olson? (@walterolson) June 15, 2022

This is why @runforsomething‘s Clerk Work program to elect pro-democracy local election administrators (like county commissioners) *in all 50 states* matters. https://t.co/2wlhhppoz3

— Amanda Litman (@amandalitman) June 15, 2022