825万美元债券公投因文件送错部门错过选票 县书记官复函说明原因
新墨西哥州唐娜安娜县拉斯克鲁塞斯市消息，新墨西哥州唐娜安娜县书记官Amanda López Askin11月6日致函Sunland Park市，说明该市825万美元债券公投议题未能进入11月3日大选选票的原因。Askin在两页长的复函中确认，县书记官办公室8月21日收到了市政府的决议和两项条例，时间在法定截止日期之前四天，但文件被送到了县里的登记归档部门，而不是负责编制与认证选票的选举局，导致三项债券议题最终没有出现在选票上。市议会此前已批准这三项债券议题，市政经理Mario Juárez-Infante10月31日致函要求调查议题遗漏的原因。Askin指出，市政府须在8月25日前提交文件，县里须在8月28日前完成认证，而市政府提交的决议登记编号为2620001号文件，两项条例分别为2620002号和2620003号文件。Sunland Park市此前宣布计划2027年春季举行特别选举，并正与债券律师和财务顾问商讨下一步；Askin在复函中表示，特别选举或2027年11月下一次常规地方选举都是可选方案，具体须符合相关法律要求并与州务卿协调。截至11月7日，市政府尚未宣布特别选举日期，也未公开回应这封复函。
$8.25 Million Bond Questions Missed the Ballot After Papers Went to the Wrong Office, County Clerk Explains
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Doña Ana County Clerk Amanda López Askin wrote to the City of Sunland Park on November 6 explaining why the city's $8.25 million bond questions never made it onto the November 3 general election ballot. In her two-page reply, Askin confirmed the clerk's office received the city's resolution and two ordinances on August 21, four days before the statutory deadline — but the papers were delivered to the county's recording and filing division rather than the Bureau of Elections, which prepares and certifies ballots, so the three bond questions never appeared on the ballot. The city council had approved the three questions, and City Manager Mario Juárez-Infante wrote on October 31 asking for an investigation into the omission. Askin noted the city had to file by August 25 and the county to certify by August 28; the city's resolution was recorded as document 2620001 and the ordinances as 2620002 and 2620003. Sunland Park has said it plans a special election in spring 2027 and is consulting bond counsel and financial advisers; Askin's letter said a special election or the next regular local election in November 2027 are both options, subject to legal requirements and coordination with the secretary of state. As of November 7, the city had not announced a special election date or publicly responded to the letter.
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