Request to ID All First-Time Voters Denied

According to today's Albuquerque Journal:

A state district judge denied a bid Tuesday to require tens of thousands of first-time voters in New Mexico to show identification before casting ballots this fall. In rejecting the request for a preliminary injunction— brought as part of a lawsuit filed last month— state District Judge Robert L. Thompson suggested his decision was based partly on the amount of time before the Nov. 2 election. He referred to the request for IDs as an "11th-hour lawsuit." . . . The ruling means that, for now, only first-time voters who registered by mail must show identification before casting their ballots

You can find more information on this case in yesterday's Albuquerque Tribune article and in our earlier story.