ALBUQUERQUE — Two civil-rights groups filed separate lawsuits Monday to stop members of the Republican Party from obtaining and making public private voter information and intimidating voters ahead of Election Day.
The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund filed a lawsuit in federal court in Albuquerque, while the American Civil Liberties Union filed a separate suit in state district court.
Both suits seek to help people who were targeted by the state Republican Party as being suspected fraudulent voters and prevent further alleged intimidation of voters by the party before the Nov. 4 election.
The Republicans have accused the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or ACORN, of registering several of 28 suspected fraudulent voters found in a GOP review of 92 newly registered voters in state House District 13 in Albuquerque.
