STATE v. OLIVER

No. S-1-SC-37723 No. S-1-SC-37785 No. S-1-SC-37789.

456 P.3d 1065 (2019)

2020-NMSC-002

STATE of New Mexico ex rel., John P. Sugg, Dianna Luce, Francesca Martinez-Estevez, Clint Wellborn, Donald Gallegos, Andrea Reeb, Paula Pakkala, and Lemuel L. Martinez, Petitioners, v. Maggie Toulouse OLIVER, Secretary of State for the State of New Mexico, Respondent. and State of New Mexico ex rel., Hon. Mary Marlowe Sommer, Hon. Nancy Jean Franchini, Hon. Conrad Frederick Perea, Hon. Abigail Aragon, Hon. William G.W. Shoobridge, Hon. Jennifer E. Delaney, Hon. Shannon Murdock, Hon. Jeff McElroy, Hon. Fred Travis Van Soelen, Hon. Albert J. Mitchell, Jr., Hon. Daylene Marsh, Hon. Daniel A. Bryant, Hon. Cindy M. Mercer, as New Mexico State District Court Judges and Citizens of New Mexico, District Metropolitan Court Judges' Association, Inc., Hon. Victor Edmund Valdez, as a Metropolitan Court Judge and Citizen of the State of New Mexico, Petitioners, v. Maggie Toulouse Oliver, Secretary of State for the State of New Mexico, Respondent. and State of New Mexico ex. rel., New Mexico Association of Counties, Mark Cage and Board of County Commissioners of the County of Otero, Petitioners, v. Maggie Toulouse Oliver, Secretary of State for the State of New Mexico, Respondent.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

Filing Date: December 19, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Sugg , District Attorney, Alamogordo, NM, for Petitioners.

Hector H. Balderas , Attorney General, Olga Serafimova , Assistant Attorney General, Santa Fe, NM, for Respondent.

InAccord, P.C., Daniel A. Ivey-Soto , Albuquerque, NM, Walsh Gallegos Trevino Russo & Kyle, P.C., Linda May Trujillo , Albuquerque, NM, for Amicus Curiae Legislative Sponsors.

The Vargas Law Firm, LLC, Ray M. Vargas, II ,, Albuquerque, NM, for Petitioners.

New Mexico Association of Counties, Steven Kopelman , Grace Philips , Patrick F. Trujillo , Santa Fe, NM, for Petitioners.


OPINION

{1} These separate, but related mandamus proceedings challenge the constitutionality of House Bill 407 (HB 407), 54th Leg., 1st Sess. (N.M. 2019), to the extent it postpones the times of election and extends the terms of certain public offices. 2019 N.M. Laws, ch. 212. Petitioners are among the class...

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