SANTA FE – One month after Secretary of State Dianna Duran told legislators she had evidence of voter fraud, the cases remain under investigation and covered in secrecy.
Duran, a Republican who took office this year, said New Mexico elections may have been compromised, based on comparisons of voter rolls and New Mexico driver’s licenses issued to foreign nationals.
An unspecified number of foreign nationals who were in the country illegally have received New Mexico driver’s licenses since 2003. The Legislature that year gave illegal immigrants driving privileges.
Duran said cross-checking voters lists with the 83,000 foreign nationals who have been licensed to drive led to her suspicions about voter fraud.
She said Tuesday she had turned over cases of possible fraud to state police to investigate. Duran could not specify the number of cases.
New Mexico has about 1.1 million registered voters. In March, Duran said her staff had flagged a few dozen people who could have committed voter fraud.
“We found 37
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