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November 6, 2018

2018 elections

2018 General Election liveblog

By Staff | November 6, 2018

It’s the big day, Election Day.

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Federal judge denies injunction for NM public health order
A federal judge ruled earlier this week that two women who filed a lawsuit against Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham did not adequately show how a state emergency public health order requiring vaccines for certain activities violated their rights. U.S District Court Judge Martha Vásquez denied a motion filed by the two women, which asked the court to issue a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction to stop one of the state’s public health orders that require New Mexico State Fair attendees and public health workers to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Vásquez wrote that the two plaintiffs failed to show how they would face irreparable harm if the court did not issue an injunction. “To obtain preliminary injunctive relief, Plaintiffs are required to prove that they are substantially likely to succeed on the merits of their claims, that they will suffer irreparable injury if the Court denies the requested injunction, that the balance of harms weighs in their favor, and that the injunction would not be adverse to the public interest,” Vásquez wrote. “Plaintiffs fail to satisfy their burden as to any, let alone all, of these factors.” One plaintiff works as a nurse for Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque and the other is a mother of children who were set to show livestock at the New Mexico State Fair.
New Mexico AG joins suit to fight Texas six-week gestational abortion ban
U.S. Rep. Yvette Herrell compares abortion to eugenics

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Herrell finishes review of ballots, won't challenge election results
After inspecting absentee ballots from the 2nd Congressional District’s most-populous county, Republican Yvette Herrell decided not to challenge the results of the election she lost to Democrat Xochitl Torres Small in November. Herrell announced the news Monday, the deadline to challenge the results.
2018 Top Stories #1: Lujan Grisham wins election
2018 Top Stories #2: Haaland makes history