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People With Intellectual Disabilities Aren’t Allowed To Vote In New Mexico As a result of this statute, New Mexico residents who have been considered “idiots” are permitted from voting. People with intellectual disabilities were referred to with this term. Discriminatory wording from the state’s ancient election statutes has been retained even though much has shifted […]
People With Intellectual Disabilities Aren’t Allowed To Vote In New Mexico
As a result of this statute, New Mexico residents who have been considered “idiots” are permitted from voting. People with intellectual disabilities were referred to with this term. Discriminatory wording from the state’s ancient election statutes has been retained even though much has shifted since New Mexico has become a state.
Even though its electorate adopted the constitutional amendment to modernize the state’s election law in the past, the state’s Supreme Court decided 5-0 that it will eventually go into force. Interestingly, the judges rejected a contention by a state agency that ballot issues from 2010 and 2014 required 75 percent support.
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