Duran Praised and Attacked at Same Meeting

Dianna Duran

Alamogordo Daily News - ALBUQUERQUE - A legislator on Friday asked Secretary of State Dianna Duran to end a state police investigation of 64,000 registered voters, but Duran said she was duty-bound to continue it. She said the expertise of police investigators would help her office make sure that New Mexico's voter rolls were updated and accurate. State Rep. Richard Vigil, D-Ribera, said Duran had mishandled the case by involving police without any evidence that a crime had been committed. "I have a piece of advice for you," he said to Duran during the end of a three-hour legislative hearing. "Bring those files back from the Department of Public Safety. Hand them to the 33 county clerks" who have expertise in voter registrations and elections. Read full story here: News New Mexico