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Political Party's Mailing Absentee Ballot Applications

Robert Timothy Reagan, Margaret S. Williams, Marie Leary, Catherine R. Borden, Jessica L. Snowden, Patricia D. Breen, Jason A. Cantone
August 18, 2023

Republican Party of New Mexico v. New Mexico (Dee Benson, D.N.M. 1:00-cv-1307)
A federal complaint challenged a new state rule prohibiting political parties from mailing out absentee-ballot applications. The case was assigned to a visiting judge after all judges on the local bench recused themselves. The presiding judge denied the plaintiffs immediate injunctive relief, and the case subsequently settled.
Subject: Absentee and early voting. Topics: Absentee ballots; party procedures; recusal; case assignment.

One of many Case Studies in Emergency Election Litigation.

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Election Litigation | Absentee Ballots | Case Assignment | Party Procedures | Emergency Proceedings | U.S. District Courts | D.N.M.