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Nader secures spot on ballot
High court says candidate can run as an independent
The New Mexico Supreme Court ordered Ralph Nader back on the ballot Tuesday.
The court directed Secretary of State Rebecca Vigil-Giron to print and distribute ballots with Nader and his running mate, Peter Camejo, as independent candidates, overturning a Sept.
Secretary of state ordered to distribute new ballots
A federal judge ordered the New Mexico secretary of state to place Ralph Nader on the ballot Tuesday.
In a separate case, the New Mexico Supreme Court also ordered Nader on the ballot Tuesday.
U.S. District Judge John Conway ordered Secretary of State Rebecca Vigil-Giron to refrain from printing or distributing ballots that exclude Nader and to put Nader and his running mate Peter Camejo on the New Mexico ballot.
Court: Most voters won't need ID
New Mexico's high court ruled Tuesday that only first-time voters who registered by mail will have to show ID at the polls in November.
Democratic Secretary of State Rebecca Vigil-Giron appealed a district court decision that required Chaves County Clerk David Kunko to ask for identification from first-time voters who did not register in person in his office.
Private info left out in recycle bin
Tests with social security numbers found in Logan Hall
Student social security numbers are supposed to be confidential, but thousands of them were lying in a recycling bin in the Logan Hall basement for days.
"My guess is that it was stuck in some office, and someone threw it away without thinking," said Ronald Yeo, Department of Psychology chairman.
Faculty Senate sets priorities
Faculty Senate has been at the University for years, but it is still getting organized.
The senate established a list of priorities at a Sept. 10 retreat and chose four to work on for the year and present to the administration.
President Ed De Santis said these are the same issues the senate has been dealing with for a long time.