{"id":215,"date":"2023-11-27T21:02:58","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T21:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/new-mexico\/press-releases\/common-cause-applauds-nm-supreme-court-decision-on-redistricting-but-cites-need-for-true-independent-redistricting-commission\/"},"modified":"2023-11-27T21:02:58","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T21:02:58","slug":"common-cause-applauds-nm-supreme-court-decision-on-redistricting-but-cites-need-for-true-independent-redistricting-commission","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/new-mexico\/press\/common-cause-applauds-nm-supreme-court-decision-on-redistricting-but-cites-need-for-true-independent-redistricting-commission\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Cause Applauds NM Supreme Court Decision On Redistricting But Cites Need For True Independent Redistricting Commission"},"template":"","class_list":["post-215","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"Mason Graham, policy director of Common Cause New Mexico, applauded today\u2019s New Mexico Supreme Court decision to uphold the 2nd Congressional District Map drawn up by the legislature in 2022, with substantial guidance from the NM Citizen Redistricting Committee, community members and tribes.","featured_image":"","press_type":145,"authors":null,"related_issues":[62,91,400,402],"related_work":false,"location":34},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":null,"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":"

For Immediate Release:\u00a0<\/em><\/span>\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\r\n

Monday Nov. 27, 2023<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Contact: Mason Graham, Policy Director, Common Cause New Mexico, <\/span>mgraham@commoncause.org<\/span><\/a>, 505-417-4012<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Mason Graham, policy director of Common Cause New Mexico, applauded today\u2019s New Mexico Supreme Court decision to uphold the 2<\/span>nd<\/sup><\/span> Congressional District Map drawn up by the legislature in 2022, with substantial guidance from the NM Citizen Redistricting Committee, community members and tribes.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Ninth District Court Judge Fred Van Soelen ruled last month that the redistricting plan for the 2nd<\/sup> Congressional District adopted by the legislature in 2022 did not rise to the level of an \u201cegregious gerrymander,\u201d as alleged by the Republican Party of New Mexico and other plaintiffs. The decision was appealed.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The New Mexico Supreme Court upheld the Judge Van Soelen\u2019s ruling, finding that it was supported by substantial evidence and free of legal error.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cThe redistricting process was more accessible and transparent this time, due to the involvement of the Citizen Redistricting Committee, but we can make it better,\u201d Graham said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Common Cause continues to support a truly independent - not advisory - redistricting commission with binding authority. \u201cWe might even be able to save some time and taxpayer dollars in legal fees,\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Several constitutional amendments for such an independent redistricting commission are expected to be introduced in the 2024 legislative session.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Common Cause is a nonpartisan grassroots organization dedicated to upholding the core values of American democracy. 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