Trial Begins in Case of New Mexico Democrats Allegedly Trying to Dilute Votes With Rigged Redistricting Map
The trial begins on Wednesday in the case of New Mexico’s Democrat-led legislature allegedly trying to dilute votes with a rigged redistricting map.
The state’s Republican Party alleges that a conservative oil-producing area’s votes were diluted under the new map.
New Mexico’s Democrat Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham’s attorneys had filed a slew of motions at the last minute to delay the proceedings, according to a report from the Associated Press. However, a judge will begin hearing the case as scheduled.
The governor’s lawyers had argued that the case will “significantly diminish their ability to defend the governor in a multitude of pending emergency lawsuits challenging her recent declarations of public health emergency.”
AP reports:
In its court challenge,
