Labor Day 2010

For most people, Labor Day is the last holiday of summer, with last picnics in the approaching fall weather before colder days arrive.

For political junkies like us, Labor Day signifies the unofficial start of the fall election campaign season.

We put the first of our yard signs out at the roadside this weekend; there will be more to follow soon:

Out in the political campaign world

Busy busy busy!

John and I are very involved right now with both the Republican Party of Santa Fe County as well as the Santa Fe NM Tea Party. We have elections coming up on Nov. 2 which we feel might be one of the most important elections of our lifetime. We just can't sit back on the sidelines and watch the action...we feel we must jump in and become part of the action.

We are supporting Susana Martinez for Governor, John Sanchez for Lt. Governor, Dianna Duran for Secretary of State, Matt Chandler for Attorney General, Matt Rush for Land Commissioner, Errol Chavez for State Auditor, Tom Mullins for 3rd Congressional District congressman, and Brigette Russell for the 47th District State legislature seat. We are excited about the candidates we are supporting and hope to see some dramatic changes in New Mexico on Nov. 2.

I am telling you all of this to tell you I probably will not be able to do many blog posts in the next 70 days as these priorities are so important to us. We are looking forward to taking a nice rest on Nov. 3!

Hispanos Unidos

A week or so ago, John and I attended a meeting of a group here in New Mexico called Hispanos Unidos. This is an organization formed to combat the huge problem of voter fraud here in the state.

Our state government has made the election laws here so lax that any special interest group with enough money can literally buy our local and state elections.

No identification is required for voting in New Mexico. At the polls, you can simply state your name and be handed a ballot, even though you just used a phone book and looked for a name and address, and presented yourself as that person. This has resulted in rampant fraud. Hispanos Unidos has found that this happened over and over again in the 2008 election, leaving actual voters disenfranchised when they went to the polls and were told they had already voted. They were then allowed to vote on a provisional ballot, which was then thrown out by their county clerk.

Other things which have been happening in New Mexico election in recent years are:
~~~Dead people had their votes count; living people did not have their votes count
~~~53% of absentee voters were disenfranchised
~~~“Community organizations” such as ACORN were making threats to citizens, and forcing illegal aliens who didn’t even want to vote to go to the polls and vote as they told them.

None of this is wild-eyed crazy imagined stuff; everything Hispanos Unidos reports has been fully documented.

Hispanos Unidos is promoting election reform. At the meeting we heard from the chairman of the organization Victor Contreras from Las Cruces, and also from Jaden Hamilton, who works with the organization in a leadership position.

Jaden’s mother, Dianne Hamilton, is a New Mexico state representative from Silver City who is sponsoring a bill in the state legislature which simply asks that voters at all polling places be required to show a photo ID. However, at this point the request for a photo ID bill has been dismissed by the House Voters and Elections Committee, who have stated that no fraud occurred in the 2008 General Election. This despite the fact the Hispanos Unidos is able to provide thousands of pages of documented election fraud!

Oh yes, and there is this -- a recent poll shows 82% of our citizens want photo identification at the polls.

Hispanos Unidos is using the donations they receive to produce TV ads (excellent ones - we were shown several of them) to air in as many TV outlets in New Mexico as possible.

According to their website, Hispanos Unidos supports:

• Tougher penalties for voter fraud
• Photo ID at the polls
• Amending the state constitution to allow for referendum—taking issues like tax increases, voter laws, social issues, etc. to the people to vote on during elections
• Web cam or television coverage of all legislative committee meetings.

It was an altogether eye-opening meeting for John and I. You can find more information at the organization’s website:

Hispanos Unidos

The motto of the organization is "Tu voto es poder." "Your vote is power."

"The right to vote includes the right not to have one's vote diluted by someone who shouldn't be voting, who votes twice, or who doesn't even exist." ~John Fund