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State Official Won't Add County's Ballot Questions

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Secretary of State Dianna Duran is refusing to place advisory questions on the general election ballot in Chaves County.

Duran said Thursday the county missed a Sept. 9 deadline for getting questions on the ballot.

The state Supreme Court last week ordered Duran to add ballot questions polling voters in Santa Fe and Bernalillo counties about marijuana penalties. However, Duran said the court wrongly determined that the deadline was Oct. 4.

Duran said the court's ruling applied only to the two counties and "cannot be used for guidance going forward."

Chaves County wanted five nonbinding ballot questions, including ones to ask the county's voters whether they would support local ordinances to require voter identification and ban the release of wolves in the county.