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Secretary of State agrees to turn over voter death error records after lawsuit

Support local news. Please select your privacy preferences to continue. Records showing how the state corrects voter rolls when residents are wrongly marked as deceased The New Mexico Secretary of State’s Office agreed earlier this month to release records related to state voters erroneously labeled as deceased, following a lawsuit from a national foundation that has filed similar lawsuits against states across the country. The Public Interest Legal Foundation filed a lawsuit in June after the Secretary of State did not produce records that would show how often and how quickly the state corrected its voter rolls upon learning it had erroneously deemed a voter as deceased. Central to the lawsuit is the Electronic Registration Information Center, also known as ERIC, which New Mexico and 27 other states use to share information regarding voters who have moved or died.

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Scoop News DeskNew Mexico · Published Friday, July 31, 2026 at 2:44 PM UTCUpdated Friday, July 31, 2026 at 7:15 PM UTC

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Support local news. Please select your privacy preferences to continue. Records showing how the state corrects voter rolls when residents are wrongly marked as deceased The New Mexico Secretary of State’s Office agreed earlier this month to release records related to state voters erroneously labeled as deceased, following a lawsuit from a national foundation that has filed similar lawsuits against states across the country. The Public Interest Legal Foundation filed a lawsuit in June after the Secretary of State did not produce records that would show how often and how quickly the state corrected its voter rolls upon learning it had erroneously deemed a voter as deceased. Central to the lawsuit is the Electronic Registration Information Center, also known as ERIC, which New Mexico and 27 other states use to share information regarding voters who have moved or died.
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