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STATE EX REL. FRANCHINI v. OLIVER

No. S-1-SC-38977.

516 P.3d 156 (2022)

2022-NMSC-016

STATE of New Mexico, EX REL., Hon. Nancy J. FRANCHINI, Hon. Robert David Pederson, Hon. Bryan Biedscheid, Hon. Richard Jacquez, as New Mexico State District Court Judges and Citizens of New Mexico, the District Metropolitan Court Judges' Association, Inc., Hon. Linda Rogers, Hon. Rosemary Cosgrove-Aguilar, as Metropolitan Court Judges and Citizens of the State of New Mexico, Petitioners, v. Maggie Toulouse OLIVER, Secretary of State for the State of New Mexico, Respondent.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

Filing Date: June 2, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Vargas Law Firm, LLC, Ray M. Vargas, II , Albuquerque, NM, for Petitioners.

Office of the Secretary of State, Dylan Kenneth Lange , General Counsel, Santa Fe, NM, for Respondent.

InAccord, P.C., Daniel A. Ivey-Soto , Albuquerque, NM, for Amicus Curiae.

OPINION

{1} In this case, we address the constitutionality of legislation that staggers retention elections for New Mexico district and metropolitan court judges. In November 2020, New Mexico voters approved an amendment to Article XX, Section 3 of the New Mexico Constitution that authorized the Legislature...

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