In yet another display of arrogance and dishonesty, New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver took to the Santa Fe New Mexican’s Around the Roundhouse podcast with reporter Daniel Chacón this week to once again incoherently peddle her far-left talking points—doubling down on her tired claim that New Mexico’s elections are “secure” and launching another baseless attack on commonsense voter ID laws, while struggling to formulate coherent answers, filling in inarticulate responses with “um,” “you know,” and so many other filler words to string together what barely passed as adequate replies.
Toulouse Oliver, who’s held office since 2016 thanks to a cushy political machine, wasted no time patting herself on the back for what she called New Mexico’s “number one” election integrity ranking, a laughable assertion given the state’s lax election security and refusal to adopt meaningful safeguards. While conservative states across the country have enacted voter ID laws to prevent fraud and bolster public trust, Toulouse Oliver continued to insist, despite mounting evidence to the contrary, that voter ID requirements are unnecessary.
“If you show me a problem, I will help advocate for the solution,” she declared, dismissing the very real concerns of voters who have repeatedly pointed to gaps in election security. Toulouse Oliver had the audacity to claim that voter impersonation is “extremely rare” and that enforcing ID laws is a “huge barrier” that risks disenfranchising voters. Her favorite excuse? That people might “forget” their ID, or that a poor record-keeping clerk might make a typo—arguments so flimsy they wouldn’t pass muster in a freshman debate class.
Her hostility toward voter ID and other election integrity measures is nothing new. During the podcast, she boasted about New Mexico joining lawsuits against the Trump administration for pushing election security reforms, calling the president’s efforts an “overreach” and whining about supposed “unfunded mandates.” Never mind that these are basic protections to ensure only eligible voters cast ballots—something any reasonable American would support.
Not surprisingly, Toulouse Oliver painted herself as a long-suffering public servant battling “misinformation” and “conspiracy theories,” conveniently ignoring that mistrust in elections has skyrocketed under her watch. Her solution? More tech upgrades and expanding vote-by-mail, despite glaring vulnerabilities exposed nationwide.
The Secretary also couldn’t resist hinting at her political ambitions. While playing coy about her next move, she floated finishing her PhD or potentially running for another office after her current term ends, the mark of her continued penchant to cling to power. She told Chacón, “Um, but you know, I’m still waiting to see, kind of, what the universe has … to offer up, and and um, I’ll just say never say never to running for future office. But, you know, I’m at the point where, you know, it will be 20 years in public service. And that — that’s a long career in public service.” She previously unsuccessfully ran for U.S. Senate against then-U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján, who ended up being elected U.S. senator.
Even more concerning is Toulouse Oliver’s push for automatic voter registration—another way to inflate the rolls and weaken safeguards. Starting this summer, every New Mexican visiting the Motor Vehicle Division will be automatically registered to vote unless they actively opt out, further eroding the integrity of the process. She also advocated for voters who refuse to select a party affiliation, meddling in Republican, Democrat, and Libertarian Party primaries.
As New Mexico stares down crucial upcoming elections, Toulouse Oliver’s podcast appearance was a reminder of what happens when radical Democrats are allowed to run elections unchecked: endless excuses, no accountability, and policies that put partisan gain above secure, fair elections. Voters should be more vigilant than ever.
With Toulouse Oliver’s track record of opposing voter ID, expanding ballot access without adequate safeguards, and cozying up to left-wing activist groups, New Mexicans have every reason to be alarmed—and to demand better.
She bores me… She is just as corrupt as her comrades and her mentor the evil queen MLG. She has been in office way too long. She lies and do not trust her. It is time for her to go! She is so worthless. I am trying really hard to be kind and it is so hard. So I will leave it here.
Praying for God’s mercy. NM needs to drain the swamp!
Listen Toulouse…the majority of registered voters regardless of party affiliation want Voter ID. There has to be integrity in our voting process which you don’t have if your not willing to abide by the rules..
Remember you work for the taxpayers, we don’t work for you so get with the program or leave. Everyone is replaceable even you.
This last election my wife was working the polls in little Loving down here in southeast New Mexico and there was a problem. One of the clerks entered an initial for a voter who happened to be the son and a few hours later the father came in and went to a different clerk and was told that he already voted. So the son was called back and the Eddy County clerk and Santa Fe had to be called to fix the snafu. This happened with the clerk knowing the family but didn’t pay attention to the initial for a middle name or the address.
If we had voter id laws, it would have been obvious.
Great example. I also know of a friend who personally went to vote and had already voted as well. But the reality was she hadnt voted. But in that case no one knew who had voted in her place. Exactly the reasons why we need voter ID. Toulouse is deluded if she thinks these issues don’t happen.
SOS— Save Our Souls, New Mexico
Who wouldn’t be for voter ID?
The issue is that there are two contradictory goals: ONLY eligible voters should vote, but ALL eligible voters should be able to vote. At one end of the scale, you can just have one voter vote, who is definitely eligible, and you are certain that ONLY eligible voter have voted. At the other end, you let everybody and anybody vote, and you can be sure that ALL eligible voters are able to vote. The key is to find the middle spot where ALMOST ALL eligible voters get to vote, but VERY FEW ineligible voters get to vote. The Dems want the line drawn more towards the ALL, the Reps want to draw the line more toward the ONLY.
PS The fact that the problem with father and son was resolved appropriately on election day means that the system is currently working — mistakes are caught and corrected.
For your readers who don’t already follow NMDOGA, here’s link to Estancia News’ guide to hold our SOS accountable: https://open.substack.com/pub/nmdoga/p/nmdoga-stand-for-election-integrity?r=ze2s7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
Well, we wouldn’t be having the issue if sanctuary states like New Mexico didn’t allow illegals to have drivers license. Because I can’t remember the day I got married to my last husband who’s now dead I can’t even get a passport so that I can vote.
SOS- Same Old S**t.
Voting on programmable computers aka voting machines will always be a problem for fair elections. Who programs them? We all know! Peoples 30 minute memory allows them to forget all the voting problems even in recent elections. Same day registration? Who is gonna nullify their vote if they were ineligible? All that is needed is a utility bill and a fake address. Drivers license,? NM issues them to anyone crossing the border the night before. And what about “finding “ ballots, all for the communist candidate days and sometimes weeks after the election ? The election handbook is a complete joke filled with permissive language to be determined by city, county clerks and state SOS, most incorrigibly corrupt! And the band plays on!
So very true! There is apparently responsible to make sure they are legal but they don’t want to lose all those “immigrants” votes that secure the victory like her and Ben Ray.
I am sick and tired of all of them whose answer is SUE! They hate people have awakened and only want to destroy anything from their opposition. Why are these courts allowing this? It should be classed as frivolous and dismissed.
I hope enough people have awakened in this state to FINALLY get rid of these vultures and rise above them.
as if Oliver was not incompetent enough her pal Michelle gave her an 80 thousand dollar raise. youve been had NM
The SOS is a POS!