To the editor Nov. 6, 2026

New Mexicans gather to protect election

New Mexicans will gather in front of federal buildings in Santa Fe and Las Cruces to demand that every vote be counted in every state. While we are fortunate to live in a state that respects the rights of all its citizens to cast their votes and be counted, this is not true in every state.

New Mexico is one of 50 states. Our democracy depends on fair elections in all states. We have chosen to gather near federal buildings in Santa Fe and Las Cruces to emphasize that elections are run by states, and that the federal government has neither the authority nor the right to interfere in elections in any state.

We do not yet know what we are responding to because it hasn’t happened yet, but we do know that we will be called upon to gather and respond; we will either celebrate a successful midterm election in all fifty states and demand that its results be respected; or we will protest unlawful federal interference in the electoral process, and demand that the interference cease and that votes be counted in accordance with our American constitution. 

Patriots vote. Criminals and insurrectionists block the counting of the vote. New Mexico’s rural residents are far flung and often go unheard. We are traveling on Nov. 7 into New Mexico’s cities to make good noise in a location where we will be visible. We will bring our signs and any noisemakers at our disposal (pots and pans, bullhorns, bells, whistles and much, much more) to federal buildings to gather from 11:30 to 1:00. We will stop whatever we are doing at noon and make noise.

We have called upon churches in the vicinity of federal buildings in Santa Fe and Las Cruces to ring their bells at noon in support of democracy and the civic good. 

We do not support mass deportation. We do not agree with masked federal thugs kidnapping and disappearing our neighbors. We do not want our tax dollars to be used to steal our resources or the resources of other nations for the profit of a few. We do not agree with pedophilia or corruption. We do not exist for the benefit of billionaires. This is disgusting and we demand that it stop. We demand a return to civility and the rule of law. 

We demand that our votes be counted.

We will gather at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 7 in Las Cruces at the corner of Campo St and Las Cruces Ave. We will make good noise at noon. 

Sheri Reinhart

VP, Indivisible Las Cruces