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New Mexico Attorney General To Investigate Voter Suppression | New Mexico Attorney General Gary K. King (D) announced Tuesday that he will launch an investigation into efforts by a local Republican party committee to train “poll challengers” to suppress the vote. The non-profit ProgressNow New Mexico caught Pat Morlen, vice chair of the Sandoval County Republican Party, making several claims that directly contradict New Mexico law and instructing volunteer “poll challengers” to demand photo ID and force legal voters to use provisional ballots. “I will not tolerate voter suppression efforts by anyone, period,” King said in a statement, adding, “we have received a number of complaints since last Friday that there seems to be a concerted effort afoot to discourage some New Mexicans from exercising their right to vote this November. My office is committed to helping ensure fair elections by working to put an immediate stop to such misinformation and publicly correcting what has already been disseminated.”