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IN-DEPTH: ‘We Had to Take Action’: New Mexico Referendum Project Aims to Rescind Six Progressive Laws Using Rights Granted in State Constitution

‘People didn’t realize what happened in state government,’ she said. ‘They don’t understand the impact of these laws on children in school.’
IN-DEPTH: ‘We Had to Take Action’: New Mexico Referendum Project Aims to Rescind Six Progressive Laws Using Rights Granted in State Constitution
Signature table at Referendum Project event in New Mexico, 2023. Courtesy of Enrique C Knell
Matt McGregor
Matt McGregor
Reporter
9/16/2023|Updated: 9/16/2023
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A grassroots movement is challenging six laws passed in the New Mexico state legislature that its organizers say threaten their communities, infringe upon parental rights, and compromise the election process.

“People are starting to realize that this is not the state that they grew up in,” Larry Marker, an independent oil and gas producer who is a part of the group that initiated the Referendum Project, told The Epoch Times.

Matt McGregor
Matt McGregor
Reporter
Matt McGregor is an Epoch Times reporter who covers general U.S. news and features. Send him your story ideas: [email protected]
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