Democracy Wire

Two good government bills made strides advancing from committees in both chambers this week -- HB 74 ensures that re-entering citizens are able to participate in the political process in accordance with the Constitution, and SB 160 will help justices focus on their dockets, rather than fundraising, while also preventing possible conflicts of interest.

During the 2021 session, Common Cause New Mexico is advocating for expanding public financing of judicial races, adopting ranked choice voting, expanding voter access, redistricting reform, shining a light on campaign contributions and spending, and more transparency around lobbying activities.

Something you can do right now to support equal rights, a message from our Common Cause president Karen Hobert Flynn.

At the beginning of our 54th Legislative Session, Common Cause New Mexico set our top priority to secure the funding needed for our newly created State Ethics Commission. We also supported legislation to modernize and improve our legislative structure, to reduce conflicts of interests by sending an amendment to the voters to allow for a professional and paid legislature and to increase our lowest-in-the-country judicial salaries and while some of these bills weren’t successful this session, we will keep them moving through the interim committee process to introduce again next year.

With less than a week before Sine Die for the 54th Legislative Session, things are really heating up in the Roundhouse, and CCNM is working hard to pass and protect democracy reforms in New Mexico!

Common Cause New Mexico’s priority bills have been flying through committees during this past week’s 54th Legislative Session.