RED RIVER — The runner-up in this year's Red River Town Council race is challenging the results of the recent election, arguing in a civil case that the town's voter roll contains multiple instances of ballots cast by people who don't meet the legal residency requirements to vote in this small northern New Mexico mountain town.

Michael Nail Jr., a retired firefighter who lost his bid for one of two open council seats by a single vote on Nov. 4, filed a petition for a stay of certification of the election results on Dec. 3 in Taos District Court.

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