More on Dianna Duran’s referral of the serious voter roll problems to the New Mexico State Police for criminal investigation.

“New Mexico Secretary of State Dianna Duran has identified what she says are 64,000 cases of possible voter fraud — a number that represents more than 10 percent of the people who voted in the 2010 general election in New Mexico.”

Yet what is the reaction to this potential problem from academia? 

“University of New Mexico political science professor Lonna Atkeson questioned why Duran didn’t first take the discrepancies to county clerks.”

Add this to the list of examples where public employees in the ivory tower not only don’t care about voter fraud, they seem intent on enabling it.  Why would Lonna Atkeson (photo above) oppose a criminal investigation of potential crimes?  Why does academia reflexively oppose election integrity efforts?