Groups building pressure within state party over White House stance on Gaza War weeks ahead of primary voting

By: Austin Fisher – April 8, 2024 3:45 am from Source NM

A grassroots effort to use the New Mexico primary election to push President Joe Biden’s policy positions on Gaza officially launched in the state over the weekend.

The campaign called Vote Uncommitted New Mexico, is encouraging people to register as Democrats and vote “uncommitted” on their primary ballots, rather than selecting Biden as the Democratic presidential nominee.

The campaign here in New Mexico is inspired in part by earlier ones started in Michigan and Minnesota.

New Mexico’s primary on June 4 (early voting begins May 7) will be one of the last among the 25 states and territories where voters can fill out a ballot option other than the parties’ nominees, be counted in the actual national party results, and not get discarded.

By state law, “Uncommitted” appears below the presidential candidates on primary ballots.

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