IF AN ALBUQUERQUE RESIDENT HAS HIS WAY, TUESDAY'S PRIMARY WAS THE LAST ONE IN NEW MEXICO IN WHICH INDEPENDENT VOTERS CANNOT CAST A BALLOT. A LAWSUIT HAS BEEN FILED ON BEHALF OF DAVID CRUM WHO'S NOT AFFILIATED WITH EITHER MAJOR PARTY. HE SAYS HE WAS TURNED AWAY WHEN HE TRIED TO CAST AN EARLY BALLOT THIS YEAR…AND HE CLAIMS THAT'S UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
CRUM SAYS INDEPENDENTS ARE THE FASTEST GROWING SEGMENT OF VOTERS IN NEW MEXICO…NOW TOTALLING MORE THAN 240-THOUSAND…OR 19 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S REGISTERED VOTERS.
