Post by Logan on Feb 28, 2017 12:18:12 GMT -6
SANTA FE – A proposal to open New Mexico’s primary elections to independent voters survived – just barely – its first challenge in the state Senate.
The bill made it out of the Senate Rules Committee on Monday without a recommendation and now heads to the Judiciary Committee, potentially its last stop before reaching the Senate floor.
But that was only after a motion to recommend passage of the bill failed on a tie vote.
A similar proposal, meanwhile, is also advancing through the House, though it has not yet reached the floor.
Read more: www.abqjournal.com/958664/open-primary-bill-moves-forward-in-senate.html
The bill made it out of the Senate Rules Committee on Monday without a recommendation and now heads to the Judiciary Committee, potentially its last stop before reaching the Senate floor.
But that was only after a motion to recommend passage of the bill failed on a tie vote.
A similar proposal, meanwhile, is also advancing through the House, though it has not yet reached the floor.
Read more: www.abqjournal.com/958664/open-primary-bill-moves-forward-in-senate.html