RUIZ v. VIGIL-GIRON

No. 31,080.

196 P.3d 1286 (2008)

2008-NMSC-063

Harriet RUIZ, Rosemarie Sanchez and Whitney C. Buchanan, Appellants, v. Rebecca D. VIGIL-GIRON, Appellee, and Mary Herrera, in her capacity as New Mexico Secretary of State, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

November 7, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jones, Snead, Wertheim & Wentworth, P.A., John V. Wertheim, Roxie P. Rawls-De Santiago, Santa Fe, NM, for Appellants.

Law Offices of Jon Adams, Jonathan Richard Adams, Santa Fe, NM, for Appellee.

Gary K. King, Attorney General, Scott Fuqua, Assistant Attorney General, Santa Fe, NM, for Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

PER CURIAM.

{1} This case highlights the problems faced in challenges to the validity of signatures on nominating petitions when the time allowed for such challenges is remarkably brief and when there is no clear guidance on which database of registered voters is to be used to verify the signatures. Harriet Ruiz, Rosemarie Sanchez, and Whitney C. Buchanan (Plaintiffs) filed a complaint, pursuant to Rule 1-096 NMRA, challenging the signatures...

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