New Mexico in Focus on Election Problems, Previews Ken Burns’ Dust Bowl

This week on New Mex­ico in Focus, pan­elists take a look back at Elec­tion Day, specif­i­cally vot­ing prob­lems in Rio Ran­cho as hour­long lines raise ques­tions about the need to reform the state’s vot­ing sys­tem in San­doval County.

New Mex­ico PBS’ one hour pub­lic affairs show New Mex­ico in Focus airs Fri­days at 7 p.m. and Sun­days at 7 a.m. on Chan­nel 5.1. The show can also be seen on New Mex­ico PBS Chan­nel 9.1 on Sat­ur­days at 5 p.m.

Also this week, New Mex­ico Demo­c­ra­tic party chair­man Javier Gon­za­les talks about his party’s strat­egy in the 2012 elec­tions and pri­or­i­ties mov­ing for­ward, co-producer of Ken Burn’s “The Dust Bowl” Julie Dun­fey sits down with Gene Grant and the Amer­i­can Grad­u­ate Series returns with the APS Dual-Language Learn­ing Program.

Guests:
* Julie Dun­fey, co-producer, “The Dust Bowl”
* Javier Gon­za­les, chair­man, Demo­c­ra­tic Party of New Mexico

Guest Pan­elists:
* Trip Jen­nings, New Mex­ico in Depth

Line Pan­elists:
* Jamie Estrada, for­mer U.S. Com­merce Depart­ment offi­cial
* John Wertheim, for­mer Demo­c­ra­tic Party of New Mex­ico
* Dan Foley, for­mer New Mex­ico House Repub­li­can Whip

Cor­re­spon­dent:
* Matt Grubs

Host/Commentator:
* Gene Grant

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New Mex­ico in Focus is pro­duced by Matt Grubs and Kathy Wim­mer. Fund­ing has been pro­vided in part by the McCune Foundation.

Media Con­tact: Evy Todd, (505) 277‑1218; email: etodd@newmexicopbs.org.