{"id":10214,"date":"2023-02-03T03:21:22","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T03:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=10214"},"modified":"2023-02-03T03:21:22","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T03:21:22","slug":"new-mexicos-most-corrupt-senator-daniel-ivey-soto-is-hiding-his-backers-and-clients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=10214","title":{"rendered":"New Mexico\u2019s Most Corrupt Senator, Daniel Ivey-Soto, Is Hiding His Backers and Clients"},"content":{"rendered":"

Daniel Ivey-Soto, New Mexico\u2019s most corrupt senator i<\/strong>s hiding his backers and clients<\/strong><\/p>\n

Guest post from the Editor of Estancia News<\/em><\/p>\n

Daniel Ivey-Soto is an attorney, Democrat Senator for District 15 (Northeast Heights of Albuquerque), and owner of an organization called Vandelay Solutions that advises County Clerks from all 33 New Mexico Counties on technical and statutory issues.\u00a0 Ivey-Soto made headlines<\/a> last year when he was removed from a committee appointment by a fellow Democrat over sexual harassment allegations.<\/p>\n

Scrutiny into Ivey-Soto\u2019s conduct is mounting as another complaint was filed against him this week \u2013 this time with the Attorney General\u2019s office. Ivey-Soto was granted 501(c)(3) status by the IRS for his organization Vandelay Solutions in 2019. But according to the Attorney General\u2019s office, Ivey-Soto has not filed a 990 form for the past two years, making him out of compliance with the state. 990 forms are required to be filed with the state each year to give an overview of the organization\u2019s activities, and detailed financial information \u2013 for example, anyone who contributed over $5,000 must be listed. By failing to file a 990 form, Ivey-Soto effectively hides who he has contracts with and who may be donating to his organization.<\/p>\n

When asked for comment, Ivey-Soto denied being behind on submitting paperwork to the Attorney General. A representative from the AG\u2019s office, however, stated \u201che is out of compliance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

But the problems go deeper than missing paperwork. \u00a0501(C)(3)s are provided a \u201cnon-profit\u201d designation \u2013 the same one given to churches, charities, and educational think tanks. A 501(c)(3) organization is also forbidden from using its activities to influence legislation in a substantial way, including participating in any campaign activities to support or deny any particular political candidate. They are typically not permitted to engage in lobbying.\u00a0 However, a significant portion of the activities of Ivey-Soto clearly falls into these forbidden categories.<\/p>\n

For example, Ivey-Soto has made maximum campaign contributions to fellow Democrats throughout the legislature, who then sponsor bills that he writes or who chair the committees that approve his bills before they go to the New Mexico senate for a vote.<\/p>\n

Ivey-Soto\u2019s highly partisan political shell game has gradually, but systematically, changed the election code in New Mexico to favor the interests of out-of-state private corporations like Dominion Voting Systems.\u00a0 Another hallmark of his legislation is to conceal meaningful auditable trails favoring the vendor, and to transfer greater power to top-down authorities like the Secretary of State, instead of local election administrators that are supposed to be directly accountable to their constituents.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Vandelay Solutions also has contracts with numerous county clerks in New Mexico where, according to his website, Ivey-Soto \u201cprovides adult educational services and technical assistance to local government officials in the public service areas of administration of elections, property record recordation, licenses issuance, conduct of public meetings and inspection of public records.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ivey-Soto does not limit himself to technical advice, however. This journalist obtained an email dated October 26, 2021, that was addressed to all 33 New Mexico County clerks. The subject of the email was a citizen-driven election vulnerability investigation report that had been sent to all 33 county clerks highlighting massive problems with New Mexico\u2019s voter rolls and election data. A second report was produced by national experts revealing at least 17 massive system vulnerabilities and 13 violations of the state election code.\u00a0 Ivey-Soto advised all 33 county clerks to ignore the report, claiming it contained no factual information.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Also following the 2020 election, Dave Gallus, a Republican candidate in Dona Ana County, filed an ethics complaint against Ivey-Soto with the Legislative Ethics Committee. Ivey-Soto\u2019s legislation removed bi-partisan oversight and put county clerks who were on the ballot in charge of handling the very absentee ballots that would determine the outcome of their own races. \u00a0At the time the legislation was passed, Dona Ana County was in a contract with Vandelay Solutions. Meaning Ivey-Soto\u2019s client, County Clerk Amanda Askin, was a direct beneficiary of the temporary legislation that removed oversight from the 2020 election. Gallus\u2019s complaint alleged that this was improper. Gallus also questioned the appropriateness of Vandelay\u2019s 501(C)(3) status.<\/p>\n

\u201cIvey-Soto is using Vandelay Solutions to affect political outcomes, meaning his 501(C)(3) designation is not only wildly inappropriate but if he were investigated properly, his actions would be found to be illegal. Failing to file the paperwork that discloses his donors during the most objectively corrupt election administration in history shows he is at best incompetent as an attorney, or at worst, illegally hiding his backers. An attorney should know better,\u201d said David Clements, New Mexico attorney and election integrity advocate.<\/p>\n

Vandelay Solutions\u2019 alleged failure to abide by New Mexico tax law could have far-reaching effects. Vandelay Solutions has current contracts with several New Mexico Counties. If Ivey-Soto lied to the IRS about the partisan nature of his activities and isn\u2019t in compliance with the state tax code, those counties may have to answer questions from their residents as to why they are dealing with Ivey-Soto at all.<\/p>\n

Estancia News reached out to Ivey-Soto for comment on his apparent conflicts of interest. He denied any wrongdoing and pointed to Senator Jeff Steinborn, Representative Nathan Small, Representative Angelica Rubio, and Representative Micaela Lara Cadena as being members of non-profit organizations who also serve in the legislature. All the legislators he named are Democrats from Dona Ana County. Estancia News does not yet know if these members of the legislature write legislation that directly affect their paying clients, or make maximum donations to colleagues in the legislature, but we will be investigating those questions in the future.<\/p>\n

More to come.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

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