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New Mexico authorities announced on Tuesday that a 15-year-old boy who killed his family with several weapons including an AR-15 military-style assault rifle enjoyed playing "violent" video games and had planned to go to a local Walmart to shoot random people.

Bernalillo County Sheriff Dan Houston told reporters at a press conference that Nehemiah Griego eventually admitted to the murders of his mother, father and three siblings after initially saying that he had come home to find them dead, according to KRQE.

Houston said that Griego had waited for his mother to fall asleep before gaining access to her unlocked bedroom closet to obtain an AR-15, a .22 rifle and two 12-gauge shotguns. Some of the weapons had been purchased by the father through private sales, the investigation found.

"The teen told authorities after killing his family he reloaded his weapons so that he could 'drive to populated area to murder more people,'" KRQE reported. "He expressed a desire to shoot people at random and eventually be killed while exchanging gunfire with law enforcement."

But the teen instead decided to spend time with his 12-year-old girlfriend before driving to Calvary Church, where his father had once been a pastor. A church security guard eventually called police, who discovered the bodies at the home.

Houston also said that Griego told investigators that he regularly played "violent" video games like "Grand Theft Auto" and "Modern Warfare." The teen said that he had been taught to shoot by his father.

Griego was charged with two counts of murder and three counts of child abuse resulting in death.

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Although former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson is gaining in the polls and is expected to be on the ballot in all 50 states as third-party presidential candidate, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus insisted on Sunday that the libertarian was a "non-factor."

During an interview with Priebus on CNN, host Candy Crowley noted that 4 percent of Colorado voters recently said they planned to vote for a third-party candidate.

"The conventional wisdom is that he's going to draw from Mitt Romney," Crowley explained. "And it makes a difference in Colorado, it makes a difference in Virginia, it will make a difference in North Carolina."

"It doesn't worry me," Priebus replied. "I think people understand that they're not going to throw their vote away when we have an election here that's about the future of America."

"We don't have a third-party candidate that's anywhere near the popularity of Ross Perot or John Anderson," he added. "I just don't see that happening. In fact, I see that it's almost a non-factor. And so, I'm not worried about it."

A recent Gravis Marketing/Capitol Correspondent poll found Johnson had support from over 10 percent of voters in Ohio, reducing Romney's support by over 6 percent.

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A liberal group in New Mexico claims to have undercover video showing the vice chair of the Sandoval County Republican Party training poll challengers to use illegal tactics that could suppress voters' rights.

ProgressNow New Mexico on Wednesday published video of a September 26th official "Poll Challenger Training," in which former Republican Sandoval County Commission candidate Pat Morlen misinformed voters about ID requirements and assistance for Spanish-speaking citizens.

"At the request of two or more precinct board members of different political parties, a voter shall still present the required physical form of identification," Morlen says in the video.

Rules posted by the New Mexico Secretary of State, however, state that a verbal ID -- such as name, birthday and address -- are all that can be required from a vast majority of voters.

You do not have to present a photo ID. Only if you are registering for the first time in New Mexico, and you submit the registration form by mail, then you must submit with the form a copy of (1) a current and valid photo identification; or (2) a current utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck, student identification card or other government document, including identification issued by an Indian nation, tribe or pueblo that shows your name and current address. If you do not submit one of these forms of identification with your mailed-in, first time registration, then you would be required to present one of the forms of identification when voting in person or absentee.

The trainer also falsely claims that voters who changed their address but stayed in the same voting district should receive a provisional ballot and that no assistance would be provided to non-English speaking voters.

Morlen, who is now a tea party activist, later mocks disabled voters in New Mexico.

"In this state, if you're in a coma [laughing] and your parent wants you to vote, they can vote for you," she quips. "My own opinion is if the person can't even say their name, at least their name, I don't see why they should be voting."

ProgressNow New Mexico warned that the faulty poll challenger training "could potentially restrict the voting rights of as many as [one in eight] New Mexicans in November."

"Throughout the training the Republican Party representative shows an insensitivity to language minorities and disabled citizens and displays a concerning lack of knowledge regarding New Mexico's voting regulations - this lack of knowledge could have a harmful effect on Election Day when the people who attended these trainings begin trying to challenge votes at the polls," the group wrote. "If the attendees of these trainings - and trainings likes these that have occurred or will occur - attempt to challenge votes because of what they learned, it could lead to many problems at the polls and has the potential to disenfranchise voters who have a legal, legitimate right to exercise their civic duty on Election Day."