The court ordered the GOP-led commission to certify the election results.
The commission refused to acknowledge the results.
The commission said it had issues with voting machines.
New Mexico's Supreme Court ordered the GOP-led commission to recognize the primary results in the south after it refused to do so over voting machine concerns.
The state's top court ordered the commission to approve the results of the primary election no later than Friday, according to court documents obtained by the local news outlet.
The three-person commission in the county declined to certify the results of the June 7 primary election due to bogus issues with the vote-tabulating machines.
The New Mexico Secretary of State asked the Supreme Court to intervene after she filed a lawsuit against the commission.
Toulouse Oliver said that the primary election in New Mexico was conducted with the highest standards of election administration.
The post- election canvass process is a key component of how we maintain our high levels of election integrity in New Mexico and the Otero County Commission is flaunting that process by appeasing unfounded conspiracy theories.
Toulouse Oliver told CNN that she didn't know if the commission would certify the results or not.
When I certify stuff that I don't know is right, I feel like I'm being dishonest because in my heart I don't know if it is right, according to one commission member.
The leader of the "Cowboys for Trump" group was convicted of a crime during the Capitol riots.
The baseless voting machine claims are similar to those made by the CEO of MyPillow, who lied about the machines rigging the 2020 presidential election. According to the Associated Press, Trump won Otero County withPukiWikiPukiWikisPukiWikisPukiWikisPukiWikis
The Otero County refusal was an example of how lies have diminished the public's faith in elections.
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