[LWVNM Action] Federal Monitors and Land of Action in the News

[Meredith Machen]

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Meredith Ross Machen
505-577-6337
Meredith.machen at gmail.com


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From: Land of Action <land-of-action at ghost.io>
Date: Thu, Oct 29, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Subject: Federal Monitors and Land of Action in the News
To: <meredith.machen at gmail.com>


As Election Day draws near and the Trump Executive Branch ramps up its
interference with states administering their elections, New Mexico is
bracing for election monitors from the federal Department of Justice (DOJ.
While such monitoring has been conducted for decades, this election is
different. Historically, the federal government has sent DOJ monitors to
ensure ballot access. As this news analysis explains, this year, state
election officials fear that Trump DOJ monitors will work to restrict
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Federal Monitors and Land of Action in the News
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By Heidi Li Feldman • 29 Oct 2026 View in browser
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As Election Day draws near and the Trump Executive Branch ramps up its
interference with states administering their elections, New Mexico is
bracing for election monitors from the federal Department of Justice (DOJ.
While such monitoring has been conducted for decades, this election is
different. Historically, the federal government has sent DOJ monitors to
ensure ballot access. As this news analysis explains
<https://www.landofaction.org/r/c674abab?m=48ed107c-2787-4e8e-88b3-d3a6e3189b55>,
this year, state election officials fear that Trump DOJ monitors will work
to restrict it.


"Since no one really knows, we’ve trained our watchers to be alert to
people who are agents, DOJ monitors," [Feldman] said, "and to be extra
sensitive to whether they are following New Mexico state law about what law
enforcement, federal or otherwise, may and may not do at the polls."

Today, Source NM quoted Land of Action founder Heidi Li Feldman in its
coverage of DOJ monitors coming to New Mexico watchers . Read the full
article
<https://www.landofaction.org/r/2b4cb244?m=48ed107c-2787-4e8e-88b3-d3a6e3189b55>
for more on what Land of Action and other election-related-organizations
are readying themselves for.

Here's a summary of the New Mexico election laws applicable to everybody,
including DOJ monitors.


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