The New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie T. Oliver is hurting her credibility when she refuses to address the fact that this past week she leaked the names and addresses of at least three Republican voters– who unknowingly created a petition for federal candidacy– to a database accessible to over 400,000 Republican voters in New Mexico as if these individuals were running for federal office. We blogged about this on Sunday, and about the inititial release of our voter registration details, to the enormous GOP voter petition portal, on Saturday.

The email is in conflict with one individual previously received from the Sec of State,

In an email Monday, the NM Secretary of State responded with an email that only partially addressed concerns and refused to take responsibility for the actions taken:

After I attempted to sign a petition for U.S. Senate and unwittingly created an account which was apparently meant to align with candidates running for Senate, the Secretary of State’s office sent me the following email a month ago. It states the petition has voter registration info that doesn’t align with the state’s database, as required by law.

So why did they post the petition– very suddenly and seemingly randomly– if they knew and had already addressed the fact it wasn’t correct? My data is released weeks after the federal candidate filing date, so it makes zero sense that the website would suddenly post the petition, unless their system or portal has some kind of a breach or glitch, unless they’re intentionally trying to dox Republican voters.

Here’s a comparison of the emails:

The Email Monday stated,

“Our office received your application, reviewed it, and approved the account as we do for any individual attempting to file for office…our approval teams treats applications received through this system as though they are submitted individuals seeking office, and therefore seeking signatures to meet statutory requirements for qualification.”

However, in the email below from Ms. BACA-Padilla, a statute is cited which states my account was lacking and didn’t meet statutory requirements and Ms. Baca-Padilla highlighted the below statute 1-1-26.1 (implying I probably forgot a middle initial during account creation), “Petitions; nominations, requirements before signed by voters; invalidated petitions. The following information shall be listed in the appropriate space at the top of a nominating petition before the petition has been signed by the voter: 1. the candidate’s name as it appears on the candidate’s certificate of registration.”

So, which is it? Do you follow statutory requirements and invalidate my account because of missing or incorrect information? Or do you just spin when you’re caught making a mistake and doxing my name (as well as the names of a couple other voters) and address to a potential 400,000 voters in New Mexico?