Ford leads Carter in New Mexico as election nears
A Republican poll shows Ford ahead of Carter by 12.5 points in New Mexico with 8.7 percent undecided. Chaves County prepares for a Tuesday vote with 39 polling places from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Absentee ballots total 1,249 as turnout expectations run high amid party organization efforts and local election logistics.
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Ford
Carter
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
New Mexico
Chaves County
Colin McMillan
Ituswell
K-Chaves-Debaca
McMillan
Bernalillo
Los Alamos
Dorothy Herring
Democratic
Pauline Mann
Mann
Paul H Cadwell
Cadwell
Domenici Attacks Democratic Congress in Roswell Rally
Senator Pete Domenici urged Republicans and friendly independents at the Roswell Inn rally to back GOP candidates, criticizing four liberal Democratic Congresses for expanding welfare programs and increased taxes while warning on the cost and inflation of new government programs. Cadwell called for a 90 percent Republican turnout alongside independents and friendly Democrats.
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Sen
Domenici
Roswell
Roswell Inn
Pete Domenici
R-N.m
Congress
Paul H. Cadwell
Democratic Congress
America
New Mexico considers reforms to arrest records rules
Albuquerque reports that Governor's Council on Criminal Justice Planning may seek 1977 legislation to create a supervising committee for arrest records. Senator Thompson proposes destroying records 90 days to one year after charges are dropped or acquittal. The debate centers on privacy and LEAA options.
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R.E. Thompson
Roswell
New Mexico
House Judiciary Committee
Charles Becknell
Governor’s Council On Criminal Justice Planning
Albuquerque
Governor's Council On Criminal Justce
Charlies Becknell
D-Chaves
Sen
Thompson
Becknell
New Mexico’s steady backing of presidential winners since 1912
Since 1912 New Mexico voters have backed the eventual national winner in every presidential election, a tradition not shared by any other state. The article notes close margins in 1912 1960 and 1972, explains ballot changes in 1956, and details how electors meet in Santa Fe to cast votes in the Electoral College.
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Albuquerque
New Mexico
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Wilson
Arizona
Barry Goldwater
Lyndon B Johnson
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Santa Fe
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