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Common Cause New Mexico is teaming up with the ACLU of New Mexico to run a nonpartisan voter protection program this year to assist voters who encounter problems in voting, either by mail or in person. The organizations will operate teams on the ground to field questions and staff a hotline for voters to report problems.

1% Decrease in Native Voter Turnout Found amid Historic High Statewide

Contract position reporting to the Executive Director and Associate Director, the Voting Rights Organizer will lead Common Cause New Mexico’s Election Protection and voter outreach program, including but not limited to assisting with the Native American Voting Rights project, and voting rights/voting access work at both the local and state-wide levels for the November election.

Brief: “Standard in-person voting would force the people of New Mexico to choose between their safety and the exercise of their franchise.”

Common Cause New Mexico rolled out the results from its annual poll today, which revealed an increasing appetite for institutional and procedural changes in the NM legislature.