New Mexico Forward Party asks US Supreme Court to intervene in ballot access lawsuit

New Mexico’s nascent minor political party is asking the nation’s highest court to put its two statewide candidates on the Nov. 3 general election ballot after a U.S. District Court judge and the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals denied the party's request to put two of its statewide candidates on the ballot. The state's current ballot access laws leave "voters without real options on their ballots," party chair Bob Perls said.