Democracy Wire

This piece appeared in the Albuquerque Journal Letters to the Editor and beautifully explains how working at the polls can help citizens more fully understand and appreciate our electoral process.

With a new round of redistricting set to take place, states like New Mexico have a chance to end a practice that has long distorted our democracy.

Juneteenth, commemorating the end of slavery in the US, is now a federal holiday, and we urge you to celebrate and reflect on racial justice.

In the final hours of the NM Legislative Session, several CCNM priority bills were passed, including SB 160 Judicial Public Financing, SB 304 Independent Redistricting, HB 231 Native American Polling Places, and HB 55 Capital Outlay Transparency! That, coupled with many wins earlier in the NMLEG, are detailed in our final Democracy Wire of the session!

There are several good-government and transparency-related bills that we need your help to pass during the final week of the session!