8-08-2023 9:36am

Yvette Herrell Deep Ties with Two Fake Electors

Chris Edwards Editor

Source New Mexico released an article 8-8-23 exposing a connection of a campaign contribution from a fake elector to congressional candidate Yvette Herrell. The article is titled “NM congressional candidate Yvette Herrell took donation from fake elector in 2022”

However, the former New Mexico representative, Yvette Herrell, actually received at least $7,600 from two, New Mexico fake electors Deborah Maestas and Anissa Galacinni Ford-Tinnin, both of New Mexico according to the American Independent.

A review of Federal Election Commission campaign finance data reveals that these several fake electors from across the 5 states had apparently contributed at least $162,064 to the National Republican Congressional Committee and to individual House GOP campaigns in the current and previous cycles.

Now, Source NM in an article published 8-8-23 claims fake elector “Deborah Maestas, a fake elector who was subpoenaed by the Jan. 6 committee last year, is a former chair of the Republican Party of New Mexico. She has a long history of campaign donations in New Mexico, giving a combined tens of thousands of dollars to Republican politicians over the past two decades, according to Federal Election Commission reports.”

In August 2022, more than a year and a half after Maestas submitted a fraudulent electoral vote in support of Trump, Herrell accepted $2,900 dollars from Maestas, the maximum contribution allowed for that election cycle.”

However, AlamogordoTownNews.com has found Ms. Yvette Herrell also has ties with a second fake elector, has accepted money from her, and there is an even deeper connection. The other fake elector with ties to candidate Yvette Herrell is Anissa Gallassini Ford-Tinnin. A familiar name tied to a local political family in Otero County.

Anissa Gallassini Ford-Tinnin is a former executive director of the Republican Party of New Mexico. The New Mexico Political Report September 2021 reported, “reports recently made public establish that Anissa’s mother, Rocky Gallassini filed with the Federal Elections Commission as the registered Custodian of Records for the Yvette Herrell Campaign.”

Thus the ties to fake electors are deeper than just a political donation by one fake elector.

The ties are so close that then Representative Yvette Herrell, and group of Otero County residents traveled to Washington D.C. to attend U.S. President Donald Trump’s inauguration thus showing deep support for the former president.

Press reports in the Alamogordo News showed photos of the group with Herrell at an inauguration ball included former were former Otero County Magistrate Judge Gene Galassini, his wife Rocky, their daughter Anissa Ford Tinnin and Ford's boyfriend at the time, now husband Tom Tinnin.

The five electors who signed the fake certificates from New Mexico were Jewll Powdrell, a retired businessman from Rio Rancho and member of the United Black Conservatives of New Mexico; Deborah W. Maestas, the former Chairwoman of the Republican Party of New Mexico; Lupe Garcia, a New Mexico businessman; Rosie Tripp, former committee member of the Republican National Committee; and Anissa Galacinni Ford-Tinnin. Ford-Tinnin was a campaign aide to former governor Susana Martinez as well as former executive director of the Republican Party of New Mexico. She was elected by the other four on Dec. 14 to fill the vacancy of oilman Harvey Yates.

The New Mexico Republicans who signed false certificates attempting to hand the state’s five electoral votes to former President Donald Trump likely violated state law and potentially federal law, according to a University of New Mexico law professor who’s been following the case.

The New Mexico Republicans on Dec. 14, 2020 signed certificates affirming that Donald Trump — not President Joe Biden, who won the election here by nearly 100,000 votes — should receive the five electoral votes, according to documents published by watchdog group American Oversight. The signers are Jewll Powdrell, Deborah W. Maestas, Lupe Garcia, Anissa Ford-Tinnin and Rosie Tripp.

Herrera and Ford-Tinnin used to be high-ranking members of the state Republican Party.

The faked certificates submitted from New Mexico are also different from those in most of the other six states. Those other certificates begin by stating: “We, the undersigned, being the duly elected and qualified Electors…”

But those from New Mexico and Pennsylvania add a caveat — one that would make them electors only if the Democratic electors’ votes are tossed out for some unexplained reason. It states:

“We, the undersigned, on the understanding that it might be later determined that we are the duly elected and qualified Electors …”

Joshua Kastenberg, a University of New Mexico law professor, teaches courses on constitutional law and criminal law. He said the New Mexico signers’ caveat might weaken any case against them, because it enables them a “safety valve” with which they can claim they were not attempting to undermine the election here, and instead just signing in case Biden’s victory was tossed out.

Yvette Herrell showed empathy toward fake electors in her vote against certifying the 2020 election.

Hours after a deadly events of January 6th, in the United States Capitol by rioters who falsely believed the election was stolen, Herrell voted against certifying the electoral victory of President Joe Biden in Arizona and Pennsylvania, the only two states to receive objections from members of both the Senate and House of Representatives during the certification process.

Herrell argued election practices in those states were unconstitutional and "disenfranchised" voters in New Mexico. The then congresswoman then did acknowledge Biden as president and pledged to work with him to find common ground on political issues.

As of publication time we have no comment from Ms. Herrell concerning the ties or money given by the two fake electors to her campaign. Anthony Lucero from KALHRadio.org is reaching out to her again this evening in an attempt to gain a comment. If she responds we will happily update the news story.

Ms. Yvette Herrell has announced her candidacy against incumbent Gabe Vasquez for New Mexico Congressional District 2. She has had high powered support already early in this election cycle with a campaign stop and show of support by the House Speaker in a visit to New Mexico earlier this year.