{"id":2198,"date":"2026-02-18T08:10:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T15:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/new-mexico\/?post_type=press&#038;p=2198"},"modified":"2026-02-18T08:10:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T15:10:37","slug":"el-proyecto-de-ley-de-modernizacion-respaldado-por-causa-comun-se-presenta-a-los-votantes","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/new-mexico\/es\/press\/common-cause-backed-modernization-bill-heads-to-voters\/","title":{"rendered":"El proyecto de ley de modernizaci\u00f3n respaldado por Causa Com\u00fan se dirige a los votantes"},"template":"","class_list":["post-2198","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"HJR 5 allows New Mexicans to decide if their legislators should be paid   ","featured_image":"","press_type":145,"authors":"","related_issues":[106,402],"related_work":false,"location":34},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":"","name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<span data-contrast=\"auto\">La resoluci\u00f3n conjunta para modernizar la legislatura de Nuevo M\u00e9xico para establecer salarios para los l\u00edderes electos (HJR 5), fue aprobada por el Senado y ahora se dirige a los votantes para decidir en noviembre.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Promovida por Common Cause y presentada por las representantes Cristina Paraj\u00f3n y Ang\u00e9lica Rubio,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmlegis.gov\/Legislation\/Legislation?chamber=H&amp;legtype=JR&amp;legno=5&amp;year=26\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">HJR 5<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0desencadena una medida electoral que pide a los votantes eliminar la prohibici\u00f3n de la compensaci\u00f3n legislativa. Nuevo M\u00e9xico es el \u00fanico estado del pa\u00eds que no paga salario a sus legisladores, y Common Cause ha sido...\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/new-mexico\/es\/prensa\/tras-el-reves-los-defensores-impulsan-un-nuevo-camino-para-modernizar-la-legislatura\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Liderando la carga durante a\u00f1os<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Para compensar a los l\u00edderes por su trabajo.<\/span>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Declaraci\u00f3n de la directora ejecutiva de Common Cause en Nuevo M\u00e9xico, Molly Swank:\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cDurante demasiado tiempo, la falta de salario ha impedido que los ciudadanos comunes de Nuevo M\u00e9xico se postulen para cargos p\u00fablicos y representen a sus comunidades: familias trabajadoras, cuidadores, comunidades rurales y tribales y l\u00edderes j\u00f3venes.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ese vac\u00edo crea espacio para que los intereses adinerados ejerzan una influencia desmesurada en la C\u00e1mara de Representantes y con los legisladores, anteponiendo sus necesidades a las del pueblo. Por eso, Causa Com\u00fan ha luchado durante a\u00f1os para garantizar que la gente com\u00fan pueda permitirse servir al p\u00fablico. 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