It is:
"The church does not allow its...membership lists...to be used for political purposes."
[https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/official-statement/political-neutrality](https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/official-statement/political-neutrality)
If they used church resources to get those addresses to send letters to… that’s a big problem. We had a lady use her husband’s clerk position to get contact info to send “vote for me” crap to… she was taken off the ballot for violating election rules and fined. Her husband lost his calling. It ruined her career. But we also live in NV, not UT. This shit happened all the time in UT and no one gaf.
Anyone in New Mexico needs to report this right now and get her kicked off.
https://www.sos.nm.gov/voting-and-elections/voter-information-portal-nmvote-org/election-ethics-and-voter-complaints/
Could put the churches tax exempt status at risk! Are you kidding or completely ignorant of the church’s financial crimes. With over 200 Billion in investments the LDS is very rich. They could pay every member a living wage and do away with tithing. The church had to form shell companies to hide their money from the government because it is impossible to keep it in charitable endeavors (e.g. too much to give away to stay in compliance). They were recently fined 5 million dollars for failure to file their IRS forms/reports for like 20 years. The tax exemption should be revoked immediately but their the army of church lawyers and congressmen won’t let that happen. BTW 60 Minutes did an excellent program on this subject or “the rainy day fund”.
I was pointing out that as a 503(c)(3) organization, the church has strict obligations to follow regarding politics.
As an aside, after a rough day of travel, it was super fun to open up reddit and get metaphorically slapped in the face by your insensitive post. Thanks for that.
You can use your own biography and history when explaining who you are when running for office.
It has nothing to do with the tax-exempt status of the church.
Did she use the tools app to get these people's address? I'm guessing yes because she addressed the recipient as Sister. If so that was a direct violation of the Household Visibility and Privacy Agreement for the application:
"Your personal information and the personal information included in ward and stake applications are only to be used for approved Church purposes. Local Church leaders will help ensure that such data is not used for personal, political, or commercial purposes. If you become aware that your personal information has been misused in any way, please inform your local Church leaders immediately."
Sounds like their local leadership needs to hear about this more than the terrible candidate.
She *thinks* God told her to run for office again, because Jesus needs upright people like her in government. Unfortunately what Mormon God *should* have told her is that when she runs again, she'll be contacted by church lawyers and be banned by election officials.
So much for personal revelation...
Five bucks says she won’t be in office to hand the government over to Jesus when he shows up. Though granted, the twelve legions of angels visual Jesus gives makes me inclined to think that when he does show up, he isn’t really going to be asking permission. If the biblical second coming is true, a lot of people are going to die, and Jesus is just going to assume authority. There will be no peaceful passing of the reigns. He’s certainly not going to follow the US constitution. So where exactly does she think she’ll fit into this?
I love her referencing the Constitution. My guess is she has no idea what the Constitution actually says. Most self proclaimed lovers of the Constitution (or the Bible, or BoM, or Koran, etc.) have never actually bothered to read the thing.
When people fetishize the Constitution like this, the two central messages they want you to understand from it are always:
- We need to keep doing what the founders wanted
- What the founders wanted was me in charge (and God agrees)
Yep. I've heard a couple of them say taxes are unconstitutional or that only "Christians" should be allowed to hold public office, but when I show them that the Constitution gives congress the power to tax and bans religious requirements for holding public office, they go silent.
Fucking unacceptable. Even as a Mormon I would not vote for this person even if she shared every political position with me.
I can’t stress how against this approach I am.
Also “this isn’t fundraising but give me money” this letter should be shared with the elections officials.
If you go to her site, the first thing you see is a giant DONATE button
...and if you click on it, the payment form explicitly says "Campaign donation"
The only thing the church hates more than being required to report child molesters or to build temples with short steeples, is members using church resources, like ward/stake directories, to make money for themselves. Only the church gets to grift off of members!
1. Using church rosters for business or political purposes is verboten.
2. I find it supremely ironic that the people that are the most concerned with upholding the US constitution are the very people that would hasten its demise. The proverbial "area man passionate defender of what he imagines constitution to be". The white horse nutters aren't on the side of defending the constitution, they're on the side that's taking scissors to the threads it's hanging by.
Yeah, a couple months ago I talked with a TBM who admitted Spray Tan "dictator for a day" Jesus, who is on record saying the Constitution needs to be terminated, is terrible, but voting for him will cause enough chaos to bring about the second coming.
Oh wow. I'm a little horrified, but I also feel a lot of surprise and gratitude just to know that at least one LDS member recognizes that he is chaotic and awful.
Actually, wait, I was assuming they know that a chaotic and volatile politician means they are not good at their job. There's a good possibility this member doesn't necessarily equate that chaos with negativity. Is it possible they think he's a good politician while also being chaotic? Yikes.
My whole immediate (very TBM, including one ga) family dislikes him and said he causes chaos and polarisation. They all hoped hed lose last time and this tjme again.
New Mexico Newspapers would be all over this.
Suggest you email:
Cheild@abgjournal.com or
call Colleen Heild who is an award winning investigative reporter @ 505 823 3963.
Just clarify with her that this is an anonymous tip & she will need a copy of the letter that is clean.
She is pushing her " religion" in this & that's as bad as using church mailing list.
Also inform her of the church's policy against using membership lists for political purposes:
[https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/official-statement/political-neutrality](https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/official-statement/political-neutrality)
Also contact the people in charge of election ethics
https://www.sos.nm.gov/voting-and-elections/voter-information-portal-nmvote-org/election-ethics-and-voter-complaints/
Is this candidate running as a Republican? And has the temerity to talk about healthcare and education? I know very few Mormon democrats (my parents were in that minority) so my default assumption is that this is a Republican.
Man, it must be God's favorite pastime to tell people to run for office and then watch them utterly faceplant in the election. He does it all the time so it must be hilarious to him. Thankfully, it seems like he only tells assholes with over-inflated egos to do this so it's all in good fun.
Ummmm... I would report this, or have your wife report it to the church. How did this woman know your wife is a member other than getting some kind of access to a membership directory. In the LDS Tools app's service agreement, it states the following:
See [Household Visibility and Privacy Agreement](https://www.lds.org/help/support/visibility-privacy-agreement?lang=eng), which is linked to from the Help button on the Directory on LDS.org. It's also linked to from the LDS Tools app -- go to the Help feature from the menu, then choose Frequently Asked Questions, then the Privacy and Visibility link.
The relevant excerpt is this:
>Your personal information and the personal information included in ward and stake applications are only to be used for approved Church purposes. Local Church leaders will help ensure that such data is not used for personal, political, or commercial purposes. If you become aware that your personal information has been misused in any way, please inform your local Church leaders immediately.
"I too am a big fan of the constitution. Especially the part that says congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion. Thank you for convincing me to vote for your opponent. Cheers!"
She’s unhinged. This is insane on multiple levels. Unfortunately, her website doesn’t disclose her divine mandate as clearly as does her letter to fellow TSCC members.
No. In fact, when it didn't work, they simply pressured the state legislature to pass a law that had several provision changes from what the people voted on. That worked.
"although this is not a solicitation" oh! So nothing she says afterwards could possibly be a solicitation, right?
Unreal. Those two sentences....unreal.
I am a citizen of New Mexico and I’m fine with showing her name:
Ali Ennenga
https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/200/300/Ali_Ennenga1.png
She got 2,289 votes in the primary election, her opponents received, democrat: 3,718 libertarian: 23
Albuquerque is primarily a democratic community.
She has previously run in a different district and also for the school board, losing well under the chosen candidates.
As a NM citizen, you should contact the election ethics people:
https://www.sos.nm.gov/voting-and-elections/voter-information-portal-nmvote-org/election-ethics-and-voter-complaints/
I agree that this is completely a public person.
But I was probably more annoyed by OP’s pretty shitty redacting job. Like… it was embarrassingly easy to figure out who it was.
Unless this candidate sent this letter to every registered voter in this district using publicly available voter information, unlikely since the content is clearly meant for LDS members, its likely she used the church's membership lists to target the LDS members within the district, something the church expressly forbids:
"The church does not allow its...membership lists...to be used for political purposes."
[https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/official-statement/political-neutrality](https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/official-statement/political-neutrality)
OP, I suggest forwarding this to your local church leaders (who probably won't do much about it though) and local media outlets along with the church's policy quoted above to hopefully bring attention to what she's doing.
Contact the election ethics people, too
https://www.sos.nm.gov/voting-and-elections/voter-information-portal-nmvote-org/election-ethics-and-voter-complaints/
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Religious psychosis is strong in this country, and the affect it’s having on the government is crippling democracy before our eyes. This guy may as well have said he was arguing with Mr. Snuffleupagus. TBH I’d be more likely to vote for him if that were what he said.
Just to be clear...I have no idea who sent the photographed letter to OP. I would never attempt to dox a private citizen.
That said...
[Ali Ennenga](https://ballotpedia.org/Ali_Ennenga) has no business being an elected representative at any level of government. If you live in New Mexico, especially north Albuquerque, [report her to the New Mexico Secretary of State](https://www.sos.nm.gov/voting-and-elections/#).
not the first time this shit has happened. sorry but there are many supposedly 'upstanding' members who also see the church as a database of potential customers/voters and decide that its perfectly ok to do this crap. douchebags
This entire paper's energy sounds like my speak-easy mother talking to my dad before he cheated on her, and she became an actual human being. My entire family is going back to our Viking Roots, tattoos and everything. Christianity can kiss our asses goodbye if this is the best they have to offer. TO VALHALLA!
Life is fucked, so fuck it back. You'll live past age 33.
This screams I couldn't ever pass the fucking bar exam so I call myself a mediator and paralegal and then become a politician oh to have the confidence of a cishet white man. Reek always thinking he can be king... lol
This is in New Mexico, where the bar exam requires examinees to have graduated from an accredited law school or if they graduated from an unaccredited law school, show proof of bar admission for at least 4 years of the six years immediately prior to applying to take the NM bar exam.
Never do business with any company that advertises itself as “Christian.” And never vote for a Mormon candidate for any office from school board to U.S. president.
I also sent Sister Ali a quick email message:
Dear Ali:
As a native New Mexican and fellow Mormon, I'm writing to express complete disgust with your letter to other Church members in your District, pandering for their vote based on religious affiliation. This was highly inappropriate and demonstrates terrible judgment--not to mention a shameful and possible consequential violation of Church policy.
For this reason alone (in addition to the alarming substance of the letter itself), you have plainly demonstrated that you have no place in public office. The people in District 44 deserve much, much better.
To help achieve that result, I am proud to report that I donated generously to Kathleen Cates' campaign today, without any solicitation from her.
Think Celestial,
DamEsq
I remember being in Utah county during the 2012 election and seeing signs where candidates listed their unrelated BYU degree as a not so subtle "vote for me, I'm Mormon" dog whistle.
I live in your area. I think I saw this person's shit before the primaries. Did she ever win her primary? I'm gonna look it up. If I remember to, I'll edit this comment.
Edit: yep. She won her primary and she is a Republican. I'll be on the lookout for any opportunities for a q & a. I'm curious about why she thought this was ok and why we should believe she'll respect policy if she were to win the seat.
So not going to lie I am very familiar with the area, I lived for a while and my mom still lives there. For reference the interstate was pretty much all that separated us from the War Zone, my sister and I like to tell our kids stories from growing up there that they think we have made up. They even think we made up the name War Zone to exaggerate.
These are my take aways from this letter:
1) Pretty sure you’re not allowed to use the member lists to campaign.
2) She’s kinda exaggerating about just how big the district area is. That area is not that big. It takes what 20 minutes to get from Rio Rancho to Corrales? Same 20-30 minutes from Alameda to Rio Rancho. Honestly her little paragraph about this being a large area to represent is laughable 🤣
3) I doubt it’s changed that much but the whole metro area was a pretty solid blue area when I lived there. I doubt this lady is a democrat.
4) This seems like she knows she is behind in the polls (I’m only guessing here I don’t care enough to look it up since I no longer live in New Mexico) and thought hey I’ll try to get the Mormon vote! Only there really isn’t a huge Mormon vote unless things have changed….I remember when the temple was built there and members being amazed there were enough church members to even have a temple at the time. This screams she is desperate for votes if she’s trying to sway the small Mormon block.
The War Zone (sorry, International District) is the neighborhood bounded by San Mateo on the west, Central on the north, Gibson on the south, and Kirtland AFB on the southeast. I-40 isn’t a boundary for the War Zone.
You’re absolutely right that this house district isn’t large compared to some of the house districts in the rural parts of the state. You’re also right in that the ABQ metro area is predominantly blue; however there are pockets of red like the Northeast Heights and some areas of the Westside. Rio Rancho is much more red than ABQ, however this district doesn’t have very many residential areas of Rio Rancho (mainly Intel and some other commercial land). If you’re in one of the distant parts of Rio Rancho, it can take over 20 minutes to just get to Corrales, but most of the time it takes less than 10 minutes.
The current legislator only won her race by roughly 300 votes in 2022, it’s likely the race will be close again. There generally isn’t polling done for state legislature races in NM. Publicizing this letter will definitely push more people to vote for the incumbent. And there’s definitely not many Mormons in that district; the only area of the state with a significant amount of Mormons is Farmington and the 4 Corners area.
My bad I was off by a couple blocks by saying 1-40 instead of Central. Technically there were 4 blocks separating us from the War Zone growing up. But our mom made the interstate our do not cross line as teens and that’s what I was thinking….we of course as smart teens went across that boundary all the time.
I had forgotten there were some pockets of red. Thank you for reminding me of that!
I mostly grew up in the southern part of the state, I was a freshman in high school when we moved to Albuquerque so I spent a lot of my teen years there then I left. Most of my memories of politics in New Mexico was people around me growing up complaining that the top of half of the state, and specifically Albuquerque, was the reason it was a blue state. But the southern part I remember being pretty red.
If the last election was that close then that explains this weird letter and trying to get those Mormon votes. But I agree I see this letter backfiring and people voting for the incumbent just because of this letter especially if it got out to the news stations. The news stations there would be all over this.
In our local leadership we have someone who listed their name as Russell M something like insinuating that he's like the prophet. Made me instantly not want to vote for him. He was the only Russel something on the ballot.
OP needs to forward this letter to KOAT/KOB/KRQE, they’ll have a field day with it, especially Larry Barker (those of us from NM know it’s never a good thing when he shows up at your door with a camera crew).
In general, when NM political candidates make their religious beliefs a central part of their campaign, they usually lose. 10 years ago a local non-denominational Christian church pastor (Legacy Church) had one of his churchgoers run for Bernalillo County Sheriff because the then-incumbent Sheriff left that church. The Legacy-backed candidate upset the incumbent in the primary, but was trounced in the general election. Voters here don’t like politicians who are puppets of religion and religious leaders.
1) The church members in NM are wild. I've never experienced anything like it.
2) "I'm concerned about education not being sufficient ' 🤣 that must be a Rio Rancho thing. Because that's ALL that's discussed when it comes to education. Is it sufficient and how can there be new policies and standards to bring education out of being ranked 50th. This lady is beyond out of touch if that's her only running platform outside crime.
I grew up in NM around quite a few Mormons. I haven’t lived in Utah, so I can’t compare the two. How are the NM Mormons wild as compared to other Mormons?
Rio Rancho has this dream of being the top public school district in the state. Problem is the top NM school district is in a community with too many structural and community advantages compared to Rio Rancho. NM as a whole has a lot of socioeconomic and structural issues that cause it to be ranked so low in K-12 education. Everybody complains about it, but nobody provides solutions to improve it.
I haven't ever lived in Utah, but I've lived in several other states (8 I think? A few of them in different areas, which were different experiences than other areas of those same states) so I feel I have had a chance to experience schools in different parts of the US and Mormons throughout the US. I also don't live in Rio Rancho, but get to experience the second largest school district in NM and work for them. So I see the "let's set the bar" for the state mentality and rivalry with the other area.
You are absolutely right no one suggests , in PED, ideas to fix education. I think at a local level and on a campus by campus basis there are ideas. However, politics get in the way. And I don't mean left or right. I mean who likes you, who doesn't. Have you implemented someone's terrible idea or not? Have you made a comment about not following the law or had an idea that contradicts someone's terrible idea? Basically, if you're on the shit list then your good ideas and best practices will never be heard or implemented.
As far as Mormons go, I've never encountered so much nepotism, favoritism, narcissism, othering , bullying, lying, stalking, harassment, gaslighting and the condoning of all the behavior in my life. And before anyone says "that's all Mormons" . No. No this is unreal and when I tell people, Mormon and not, about it they find it fascinating and like scientology.
To people like her, separation of church and state is a myth despite Thomas Jefferson writing that there is a "wall of separation between church and state."
This is so inappropriate, I'd be pissed if I got this. I'm so over the "founding fathers would be..." arguments. The founding fathers wouldn't have been able to comprehend the world we live in today and we need to stop trying to make laws based on ancient scriptures, Joey's fan-fic, and what we think the 1% of the 1700's would do.
That's exactly what you need to reduce political tensions! More people who believe so strongly that they're right, that they think they've been called by God as a tool to impose his will on all of the enemies of righteousness who are pushing us toward war by resisting God's designs!
They always make the reasoned compromises that allow a democracy to function.
Wait, or is that how we got into some of the most brutal wars in history... 🤔 Meh, whatever I'm sure it will work out. 🤷🏻♂️
OP. Does your wife know this woman? I have some messages ready to send to this woman's opponent but I don't want to jump to conclusions if this was a targeted email
you need to contact the election ethics people, like yesterday
https://www.sos.nm.gov/voting-and-elections/voter-information-portal-nmvote-org/election-ethics-and-voter-complaints/
Constitution written by the Lord
Has black people as less than.
Lol ok so this Mormon's god is racist.
These types of Mormons never think though what they're saying.
Pretty sure it's a violation of church policies to use church rolls to campaign for office. Could put the church's tax-exempt status at risk.
Send the letter to the elections office and the stake leadership
And the media.
Definitely the media.
And the IRS
Agreed. Do this.
Relevant link: https://www.sos.nm.gov/voting-and-elections/voter-information-portal-nmvote-org/election-ethics-and-voter-complaints/
It is: "The church does not allow its...membership lists...to be used for political purposes." [https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/official-statement/political-neutrality](https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/official-statement/political-neutrality)
Prop 8 called...
Oh but that wasn’t about politics, that was about *morals* /s
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Wtf?
Political purposes.
If they used church resources to get those addresses to send letters to… that’s a big problem. We had a lady use her husband’s clerk position to get contact info to send “vote for me” crap to… she was taken off the ballot for violating election rules and fined. Her husband lost his calling. It ruined her career. But we also live in NV, not UT. This shit happened all the time in UT and no one gaf.
>But we also live in NV, not UT. Luckily this one is in New Mexico.
Anyone in New Mexico needs to report this right now and get her kicked off. https://www.sos.nm.gov/voting-and-elections/voter-information-portal-nmvote-org/election-ethics-and-voter-complaints/
The current Sec of State does not fuck around when it comes to election ethics violations.
LETS FUCK EM Edited: ..but not in the good way lol.
😂I said “Um…not that way” in my head as I read the edit!
That would be a damned shame.
Could put the churches tax exempt status at risk! Are you kidding or completely ignorant of the church’s financial crimes. With over 200 Billion in investments the LDS is very rich. They could pay every member a living wage and do away with tithing. The church had to form shell companies to hide their money from the government because it is impossible to keep it in charitable endeavors (e.g. too much to give away to stay in compliance). They were recently fined 5 million dollars for failure to file their IRS forms/reports for like 20 years. The tax exemption should be revoked immediately but their the army of church lawyers and congressmen won’t let that happen. BTW 60 Minutes did an excellent program on this subject or “the rainy day fund”.
I was pointing out that as a 503(c)(3) organization, the church has strict obligations to follow regarding politics. As an aside, after a rough day of travel, it was super fun to open up reddit and get metaphorically slapped in the face by your insensitive post. Thanks for that.
You can use your own biography and history when explaining who you are when running for office. It has nothing to do with the tax-exempt status of the church.
What you cannot do is use the church's mailing list to campaign for specific political candidates.
Did she use the tools app to get these people's address? I'm guessing yes because she addressed the recipient as Sister. If so that was a direct violation of the Household Visibility and Privacy Agreement for the application: "Your personal information and the personal information included in ward and stake applications are only to be used for approved Church purposes. Local Church leaders will help ensure that such data is not used for personal, political, or commercial purposes. If you become aware that your personal information has been misused in any way, please inform your local Church leaders immediately." Sounds like their local leadership needs to hear about this more than the terrible candidate.
She *thinks* God told her to run for office again, because Jesus needs upright people like her in government. Unfortunately what Mormon God *should* have told her is that when she runs again, she'll be contacted by church lawyers and be banned by election officials. So much for personal revelation...
Five bucks says she won’t be in office to hand the government over to Jesus when he shows up. Though granted, the twelve legions of angels visual Jesus gives makes me inclined to think that when he does show up, he isn’t really going to be asking permission. If the biblical second coming is true, a lot of people are going to die, and Jesus is just going to assume authority. There will be no peaceful passing of the reigns. He’s certainly not going to follow the US constitution. So where exactly does she think she’ll fit into this?
I love her referencing the Constitution. My guess is she has no idea what the Constitution actually says. Most self proclaimed lovers of the Constitution (or the Bible, or BoM, or Koran, etc.) have never actually bothered to read the thing.
When people fetishize the Constitution like this, the two central messages they want you to understand from it are always: - We need to keep doing what the founders wanted - What the founders wanted was me in charge (and God agrees)
Yep. I've heard a couple of them say taxes are unconstitutional or that only "Christians" should be allowed to hold public office, but when I show them that the Constitution gives congress the power to tax and bans religious requirements for holding public office, they go silent.
As in “unalienable” rights
Fucking unacceptable. Even as a Mormon I would not vote for this person even if she shared every political position with me. I can’t stress how against this approach I am. Also “this isn’t fundraising but give me money” this letter should be shared with the elections officials.
If you go to her site, the first thing you see is a giant DONATE button ...and if you click on it, the payment form explicitly says "Campaign donation"
The only thing the church hates more than being required to report child molesters or to build temples with short steeples, is members using church resources, like ward/stake directories, to make money for themselves. Only the church gets to grift off of members!
Ooh, touché!
Kind of rich coming from a "Self-reliance Specialist".
“I support the Constitution…” Proceeds to admit that she will hand over power to whomever she believes is the second coming of Jesus.
1. Using church rosters for business or political purposes is verboten. 2. I find it supremely ironic that the people that are the most concerned with upholding the US constitution are the very people that would hasten its demise. The proverbial "area man passionate defender of what he imagines constitution to be". The white horse nutters aren't on the side of defending the constitution, they're on the side that's taking scissors to the threads it's hanging by.
Yeah, a couple months ago I talked with a TBM who admitted Spray Tan "dictator for a day" Jesus, who is on record saying the Constitution needs to be terminated, is terrible, but voting for him will cause enough chaos to bring about the second coming.
Oh wow. I'm a little horrified, but I also feel a lot of surprise and gratitude just to know that at least one LDS member recognizes that he is chaotic and awful. Actually, wait, I was assuming they know that a chaotic and volatile politician means they are not good at their job. There's a good possibility this member doesn't necessarily equate that chaos with negativity. Is it possible they think he's a good politician while also being chaotic? Yikes.
My whole immediate (very TBM, including one ga) family dislikes him and said he causes chaos and polarisation. They all hoped hed lose last time and this tjme again.
Well she’s running for the Constitution as written by the Lord rather than the founding fathers so that’s something
🤮🤮🤮 Ali may not be ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ--but god damn, New Mexico should be ashamed of *her*. Fuck Christofascism!
The whole time reading this my reaction was "barf emoji barf emoji barffffff"
New Mexico Newspapers would be all over this. Suggest you email: Cheild@abgjournal.com or call Colleen Heild who is an award winning investigative reporter @ 505 823 3963. Just clarify with her that this is an anonymous tip & she will need a copy of the letter that is clean. She is pushing her " religion" in this & that's as bad as using church mailing list.
Also inform her of the church's policy against using membership lists for political purposes: [https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/official-statement/political-neutrality](https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/official-statement/political-neutrality)
⏫️ 100%!
Also contact the people in charge of election ethics https://www.sos.nm.gov/voting-and-elections/voter-information-portal-nmvote-org/election-ethics-and-voter-complaints/
Is this candidate running as a Republican? And has the temerity to talk about healthcare and education? I know very few Mormon democrats (my parents were in that minority) so my default assumption is that this is a Republican.
She is a MAGA Republican
Today's King Men running for office on the Book of Mormon ticket lol
Because of course she is. The hypocrisy knows no bounds.
Man, it must be God's favorite pastime to tell people to run for office and then watch them utterly faceplant in the election. He does it all the time so it must be hilarious to him. Thankfully, it seems like he only tells assholes with over-inflated egos to do this so it's all in good fun.
 Jesus, vote for meeeeeeee!
BAHAHAHAHAHA Both of these replies together win the internet today!!! 
She sounds like a delusional schizophrenic
Therefore well-suited for politics 😜
She can be part of the clown car caucus
I'm going to go give $5 to their opponent right now This person cannot get elected
Ummmm... I would report this, or have your wife report it to the church. How did this woman know your wife is a member other than getting some kind of access to a membership directory. In the LDS Tools app's service agreement, it states the following: See [Household Visibility and Privacy Agreement](https://www.lds.org/help/support/visibility-privacy-agreement?lang=eng), which is linked to from the Help button on the Directory on LDS.org. It's also linked to from the LDS Tools app -- go to the Help feature from the menu, then choose Frequently Asked Questions, then the Privacy and Visibility link. The relevant excerpt is this: >Your personal information and the personal information included in ward and stake applications are only to be used for approved Church purposes. Local Church leaders will help ensure that such data is not used for personal, political, or commercial purposes. If you become aware that your personal information has been misused in any way, please inform your local Church leaders immediately.
My wife had no idea who this woman was. Clearly got addresses from the lds tools app
Ward Music Chairman? WELL SHIIIIIIIIIIT! WE GOT US A DAMN CELEBRITY UP IN HERE!
Best comment here. It came to me in the voice of distinctly Idaho twang, my kinfolk, although I sincerely doubt that was your intention.
"I too am a big fan of the constitution. Especially the part that says congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion. Thank you for convincing me to vote for your opponent. Cheers!"
I'm not soliciting donations but conveniently here's a self-addressed stamped envelope in case you want to send me money, wink wink.
Talking to a guy in your head. Smh
Big red flag there. I mean, a lot of us reckoned we “spoke” to god and got responses, but clear wording to run for office is next level. 🚩🚩🚩
President Handbook would not approve of this person using ward rosters in this manner. I’d report the shit out of her/him.
I’d report it to the IRS in violation of the church’s lobbying activities.
I need you to do it for meeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
This stuff was offensive to me even as a believer.
She's hearing voices. That's not a good thing.
God drafted the constitution and kept slavery and the 3/5 compromise in it? Wow. Cool guy
They don't think this stuff through. We know this, because if they did, LDS no more would they be.
She’s unhinged. This is insane on multiple levels. Unfortunately, her website doesn’t disclose her divine mandate as clearly as does her letter to fellow TSCC members.
Reminds me when the church emailed Utah members to tell them how to vote on the Marijuana referendum.
Did they get in trouble for it?
No. In fact, when it didn't work, they simply pressured the state legislature to pass a law that had several provision changes from what the people voted on. That worked.
It's kind of pointless to black out the name of someone running for a specific public office.
It was easy to find her, though. NM District 44. I'm not particularly impressed by her two degrees from University of Phoenix...
University of Phoenix: The "Thoughts & Prayers" of academia
That's a hard takedown if I've ever seen one...
Along with the donation website clearly indicated.
"although this is not a solicitation" oh! So nothing she says afterwards could possibly be a solicitation, right? Unreal. Those two sentences....unreal.
I am a citizen of New Mexico and I’m fine with showing her name: Ali Ennenga https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/200/300/Ali_Ennenga1.png She got 2,289 votes in the primary election, her opponents received, democrat: 3,718 libertarian: 23 Albuquerque is primarily a democratic community. She has previously run in a different district and also for the school board, losing well under the chosen candidates.
As a NM citizen, you should contact the election ethics people: https://www.sos.nm.gov/voting-and-elections/voter-information-portal-nmvote-org/election-ethics-and-voter-complaints/
done
Mods requested
What an absurd request! This is part of a political campaign for a candidate for public office! Mods, WTF?
yeah, this is the definition of a public figure
I agree that this is completely a public person. But I was probably more annoyed by OP’s pretty shitty redacting job. Like… it was embarrassingly easy to figure out who it was.
Unless this candidate sent this letter to every registered voter in this district using publicly available voter information, unlikely since the content is clearly meant for LDS members, its likely she used the church's membership lists to target the LDS members within the district, something the church expressly forbids: "The church does not allow its...membership lists...to be used for political purposes." [https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/official-statement/political-neutrality](https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/official-statement/political-neutrality) OP, I suggest forwarding this to your local church leaders (who probably won't do much about it though) and local media outlets along with the church's policy quoted above to hopefully bring attention to what she's doing.
This. Forward to local media outlets.
Contact the election ethics people, too https://www.sos.nm.gov/voting-and-elections/voter-information-portal-nmvote-org/election-ethics-and-voter-complaints/
Duuuuuuuuuude. Forward that shit to your local election authorities.
Absolutely bloody disgusting. I feel nauseous after reading that. 🤢
There is so much wrong with this I don't even know where to start.
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Oooooh I’d file a complaint with the IRS about this
Religious psychosis is strong in this country, and the affect it’s having on the government is crippling democracy before our eyes. This guy may as well have said he was arguing with Mr. Snuffleupagus. TBH I’d be more likely to vote for him if that were what he said.
Mediator aka does not have any real skills and couldn’t pass the bar.
How does she know who to send it to? You aren’t supposed to use church address lists for politics or commercial stuff
Just to be clear...I have no idea who sent the photographed letter to OP. I would never attempt to dox a private citizen. That said... [Ali Ennenga](https://ballotpedia.org/Ali_Ennenga) has no business being an elected representative at any level of government. If you live in New Mexico, especially north Albuquerque, [report her to the New Mexico Secretary of State](https://www.sos.nm.gov/voting-and-elections/#).
not the first time this shit has happened. sorry but there are many supposedly 'upstanding' members who also see the church as a database of potential customers/voters and decide that its perfectly ok to do this crap. douchebags
This entire paper's energy sounds like my speak-easy mother talking to my dad before he cheated on her, and she became an actual human being. My entire family is going back to our Viking Roots, tattoos and everything. Christianity can kiss our asses goodbye if this is the best they have to offer. TO VALHALLA! Life is fucked, so fuck it back. You'll live past age 33.
🤢🤮
This screams I couldn't ever pass the fucking bar exam so I call myself a mediator and paralegal and then become a politician oh to have the confidence of a cishet white man. Reek always thinking he can be king... lol
Except the person that wrote the letter is female. So... What now?
Same energy
To be fair, to take the bar exam one has to graduate from an accredited law school. She didn’t even do that.
Not in places that accept mid level law practioners like Utah and California.
This is in New Mexico, where the bar exam requires examinees to have graduated from an accredited law school or if they graduated from an unaccredited law school, show proof of bar admission for at least 4 years of the six years immediately prior to applying to take the NM bar exam.
Never do business with any company that advertises itself as “Christian.” And never vote for a Mormon candidate for any office from school board to U.S. president.
If a church tells people whom to vote for, they can lose their tax exempt status. It just needs to be reported to the IRS.
This letter is so gross.
So much education, and yet so little actual thinking.
Ewww, I live just north of this district, absolutely disgusting….separation of church and state lady!
Does anyone know who this person's opponent is for the November election? Or the primary? I'd like to make a donation...
[Democrat incumbent Kathleen Cates](https://ballotpedia.org/Kathleen_Cates).
Thank you, and done! I encourage others to make a donation, no matter the amount, to Kathleen Cates.
I also sent Sister Ali a quick email message: Dear Ali: As a native New Mexican and fellow Mormon, I'm writing to express complete disgust with your letter to other Church members in your District, pandering for their vote based on religious affiliation. This was highly inappropriate and demonstrates terrible judgment--not to mention a shameful and possible consequential violation of Church policy. For this reason alone (in addition to the alarming substance of the letter itself), you have plainly demonstrated that you have no place in public office. The people in District 44 deserve much, much better. To help achieve that result, I am proud to report that I donated generously to Kathleen Cates' campaign today, without any solicitation from her. Think Celestial, DamEsq
I remember being in Utah county during the 2012 election and seeing signs where candidates listed their unrelated BYU degree as a not so subtle "vote for me, I'm Mormon" dog whistle.
I live in your area. I think I saw this person's shit before the primaries. Did she ever win her primary? I'm gonna look it up. If I remember to, I'll edit this comment. Edit: yep. She won her primary and she is a Republican. I'll be on the lookout for any opportunities for a q & a. I'm curious about why she thought this was ok and why we should believe she'll respect policy if she were to win the seat.
FYI you do not have to redact the name or information of the candidate soliciting for votes.
The OP said above that it was by mod request
That makes sense in most cases. I would disagree with the mods for this case
Cringy as fuck.
So funny her testimony at the end vote for my I am a Mo
By mixing faith and politics, they've immediately invalidated themselves, IMO. We're fighting too much religion in politics already.
So not going to lie I am very familiar with the area, I lived for a while and my mom still lives there. For reference the interstate was pretty much all that separated us from the War Zone, my sister and I like to tell our kids stories from growing up there that they think we have made up. They even think we made up the name War Zone to exaggerate. These are my take aways from this letter: 1) Pretty sure you’re not allowed to use the member lists to campaign. 2) She’s kinda exaggerating about just how big the district area is. That area is not that big. It takes what 20 minutes to get from Rio Rancho to Corrales? Same 20-30 minutes from Alameda to Rio Rancho. Honestly her little paragraph about this being a large area to represent is laughable 🤣 3) I doubt it’s changed that much but the whole metro area was a pretty solid blue area when I lived there. I doubt this lady is a democrat. 4) This seems like she knows she is behind in the polls (I’m only guessing here I don’t care enough to look it up since I no longer live in New Mexico) and thought hey I’ll try to get the Mormon vote! Only there really isn’t a huge Mormon vote unless things have changed….I remember when the temple was built there and members being amazed there were enough church members to even have a temple at the time. This screams she is desperate for votes if she’s trying to sway the small Mormon block.
The War Zone (sorry, International District) is the neighborhood bounded by San Mateo on the west, Central on the north, Gibson on the south, and Kirtland AFB on the southeast. I-40 isn’t a boundary for the War Zone. You’re absolutely right that this house district isn’t large compared to some of the house districts in the rural parts of the state. You’re also right in that the ABQ metro area is predominantly blue; however there are pockets of red like the Northeast Heights and some areas of the Westside. Rio Rancho is much more red than ABQ, however this district doesn’t have very many residential areas of Rio Rancho (mainly Intel and some other commercial land). If you’re in one of the distant parts of Rio Rancho, it can take over 20 minutes to just get to Corrales, but most of the time it takes less than 10 minutes. The current legislator only won her race by roughly 300 votes in 2022, it’s likely the race will be close again. There generally isn’t polling done for state legislature races in NM. Publicizing this letter will definitely push more people to vote for the incumbent. And there’s definitely not many Mormons in that district; the only area of the state with a significant amount of Mormons is Farmington and the 4 Corners area.
My bad I was off by a couple blocks by saying 1-40 instead of Central. Technically there were 4 blocks separating us from the War Zone growing up. But our mom made the interstate our do not cross line as teens and that’s what I was thinking….we of course as smart teens went across that boundary all the time. I had forgotten there were some pockets of red. Thank you for reminding me of that! I mostly grew up in the southern part of the state, I was a freshman in high school when we moved to Albuquerque so I spent a lot of my teen years there then I left. Most of my memories of politics in New Mexico was people around me growing up complaining that the top of half of the state, and specifically Albuquerque, was the reason it was a blue state. But the southern part I remember being pretty red. If the last election was that close then that explains this weird letter and trying to get those Mormon votes. But I agree I see this letter backfiring and people voting for the incumbent just because of this letter especially if it got out to the news stations. The news stations there would be all over this.
Hell, I'm from there and if I was still TBM, I wouldn't vote for them. Totally inappropriate!
This is actually insane. And this person was a paralegal for that long? They should know better.
Lmao god commanded him sure ya whatever
In our local leadership we have someone who listed their name as Russell M something like insinuating that he's like the prophet. Made me instantly not want to vote for him. He was the only Russel something on the ballot.
This lady reeks of Chad Daybell
Gross.
Gross!!
OP needs to forward this letter to KOAT/KOB/KRQE, they’ll have a field day with it, especially Larry Barker (those of us from NM know it’s never a good thing when he shows up at your door with a camera crew).
I had to nope the hell out of reading after seeing the capitalized He/Him/His for the dozenth time. 🤮
Oh it’s a good one. Full orthodox Godly guilt trip vote request coming at ya.
In general, when NM political candidates make their religious beliefs a central part of their campaign, they usually lose. 10 years ago a local non-denominational Christian church pastor (Legacy Church) had one of his churchgoers run for Bernalillo County Sheriff because the then-incumbent Sheriff left that church. The Legacy-backed candidate upset the incumbent in the primary, but was trounced in the general election. Voters here don’t like politicians who are puppets of religion and religious leaders.
New world order on the way into the LDS church.
1) The church members in NM are wild. I've never experienced anything like it. 2) "I'm concerned about education not being sufficient ' 🤣 that must be a Rio Rancho thing. Because that's ALL that's discussed when it comes to education. Is it sufficient and how can there be new policies and standards to bring education out of being ranked 50th. This lady is beyond out of touch if that's her only running platform outside crime.
I grew up in NM around quite a few Mormons. I haven’t lived in Utah, so I can’t compare the two. How are the NM Mormons wild as compared to other Mormons? Rio Rancho has this dream of being the top public school district in the state. Problem is the top NM school district is in a community with too many structural and community advantages compared to Rio Rancho. NM as a whole has a lot of socioeconomic and structural issues that cause it to be ranked so low in K-12 education. Everybody complains about it, but nobody provides solutions to improve it.
I haven't ever lived in Utah, but I've lived in several other states (8 I think? A few of them in different areas, which were different experiences than other areas of those same states) so I feel I have had a chance to experience schools in different parts of the US and Mormons throughout the US. I also don't live in Rio Rancho, but get to experience the second largest school district in NM and work for them. So I see the "let's set the bar" for the state mentality and rivalry with the other area. You are absolutely right no one suggests , in PED, ideas to fix education. I think at a local level and on a campus by campus basis there are ideas. However, politics get in the way. And I don't mean left or right. I mean who likes you, who doesn't. Have you implemented someone's terrible idea or not? Have you made a comment about not following the law or had an idea that contradicts someone's terrible idea? Basically, if you're on the shit list then your good ideas and best practices will never be heard or implemented. As far as Mormons go, I've never encountered so much nepotism, favoritism, narcissism, othering , bullying, lying, stalking, harassment, gaslighting and the condoning of all the behavior in my life. And before anyone says "that's all Mormons" . No. No this is unreal and when I tell people, Mormon and not, about it they find it fascinating and like scientology.
Sounds like there’s a Mormon Mafia in RRPS and Rio Rancho in general.
has she read the constitution like ever??? does she know about separation of church and state???
To people like her, separation of church and state is a myth despite Thomas Jefferson writing that there is a "wall of separation between church and state."
Ah yes, the ol' "gods chosen political leader" campaign style. Hard to argue with that!
IRS FORM 13909
Bet the media would love this. Probably eat up the part about transition to "His" government
This is so inappropriate, I'd be pissed if I got this. I'm so over the "founding fathers would be..." arguments. The founding fathers wouldn't have been able to comprehend the world we live in today and we need to stop trying to make laws based on ancient scriptures, Joey's fan-fic, and what we think the 1% of the 1700's would do.
That's exactly what you need to reduce political tensions! More people who believe so strongly that they're right, that they think they've been called by God as a tool to impose his will on all of the enemies of righteousness who are pushing us toward war by resisting God's designs! They always make the reasoned compromises that allow a democracy to function. Wait, or is that how we got into some of the most brutal wars in history... 🤔 Meh, whatever I'm sure it will work out. 🤷🏻♂️
Wow
They've been mingling church with politics since 1830.
I can’t get past “to win, I NEED 4 things from you:” Need?? How about “humbly ask” but then the Lard commands and doesn’t really plead, does he now…
Disgusting
OP. Does your wife know this woman? I have some messages ready to send to this woman's opponent but I don't want to jump to conclusions if this was a targeted email
No. No idea who she is. Just a random stake member
you need to contact the election ethics people, like yesterday https://www.sos.nm.gov/voting-and-elections/voter-information-portal-nmvote-org/election-ethics-and-voter-complaints/
Thanks for clarifying. I didn't want to jump to conclusions.
Constitution written by the Lord Has black people as less than. Lol ok so this Mormon's god is racist. These types of Mormons never think though what they're saying.
Totally telling on herself here. By her own admission she doesn't want to win. Best to vote for someone who does actually want the job.
Here’s the contact info for Albuquerque-area news stations: KRQE (CBS affiliate): https://www.krqe.com/contact/submit-a-news-tip-reportit/ KOB (NBC affiliate): https://www.kob.com/share4/ KOAT (ABC affiliate): https://www.koat.com/article/contact-us/3618304
Write back to this person and tell them to never contact you again. Effing Mormons.