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August 13, 2012

New Mexico Accused of Purging 177,000 Voters 
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In voting rights news, Democrats are accusing the Republican secretary
of state in New Mexico of attempting to purge more than 177,000 voters
from the state's voter rolls. Postcards were recently sent to the voters
saying they had to verify their voting status in order to remain active.
Voters targeted included the wife of a Democratic state representative,
as well as Diane Wood, the voting rights director for Common Cause New
Mexico. Wood, who has been an active voter since 1971, criticized the
actions of New Mexico's Secretary of State Dianna Duran.

Diane Wood: "I’m just shocked that I took my job to fight for other
people’s right to get their vote counted, and now I’m having to
fight for my own. I don't know why Secretary of State Duran is doing
this to people — trying to take our vote away."

 

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