Challenges await New Mexico secretary of state

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – Challenges await New Mexico’s newly elected secretary of state at an elections oversight agency that has been the source of repeated scandals.
Secretary-elect Maggie Toulouse Oliver may take office as soon as Dec. 9 under regulations allowing for the early replacement of the agency’s interim leader.
Awaiting the long-time Bernalillo County Clerk is a tall stack of political campaign finance filings that are flagged for possible violations, a reduced genera