‘a secure option for our voters’ [Video]

RECENT ARSON ATTACKS ON BALLOT BOXES ARE DEEPLY CONCERNING AND ENTIRELY UNDEMOCRATIC. SECRETARY OF STATE MAGGIE TOULOUSE OLIVER SAYING IN A SOCIAL MEDIA STATEMENT ON MONDAY. RESPONDING TO BALLOT DROP BOXES SET ON FIRE IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST JUST EIGHT DAYS BEFORE ELECTION DAY, KOAT IS ASKING OUR LEGAL EXPERT, JOHN ROYALE DA, WHAT ACTION COULD OCCUR IF SOMETHING SIMILAR HAPPENED HERE IN NEW MEXICO. WE HAVE STATE LAWS THAT PROHIBIT ARSON. INTERFERING WITH POLLING PLACES AND INTIMIDATING VOTERS. THERE’S NOTHING SPECIFIC IN NEW MEXICO THAT RELATES TO TORCHING A BALLOT DROP BOX, BUT THERE ARE FEDERAL LAWS THAT COULD COME INTO PLAY. JUST LAST WEEK, A FALSE ALARM IN OUR STATE, AN ALBUQUERQUE POLICE BOMB SQUAD RESPONDING TO A CALL ABOUT A SUSPICIOUS BAG FOUND AT A POLLING LOCATION IN EAST ALBUQUERQUE. THE SITE EVACUATED ON FRIDAY. AUTHORITIES REPORTING THE AREA SAFE AFTER FINDING A LAPTOP INSIDE TO LOUIS …