About

RedistrictNM.com is built on the recommendations of the cross-partisan New Mexico Redistricting Task Force, convened by the nonpartisan organization, New Mexico First.
 
​The task force, comprised of Democrats, Republicans and Independents, believes that the New Mexico Legislature should adopt legislation to improve the openness, transparency, and fairness of political redistricting. The lack of firm legal criteria creates too much ambiguity and mistrust in the redistricting process and adds to the challenges that disenfranchised communities must navigate. Read the full report for more information.
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Task Force Facilitation and Co-Chairs

• New Mexico First, facilitator
• Justice Ed Chavez, retired, NM Supreme Court
• Judge Roderick Kennedy, retired, NM Court of Appeals

​Redistricting Reform Leadership Team

• Common Cause New Mexico 
• Fair Districts New Mexico 
• League of Women Voters of New Mexico 
• RepresentUs, providing financial support for this website 

Lead Bill Sponsors, Redistricting Reform 2021 Regular Legislative Session

• SB15 (Original Senate Bill): Senators Daniel Ivey-Soto (D), Jerry Ortiz y Pino (D), and Mark Moores (R)
• SB199 (previous version combined with SB15): Senators Jerry Ortiz y Pino (D) and Mark Moores (R)
• HB211: Representatives Rebecca Dow (R) and Natalie Figueroa (D)
• Senate Bill 304: Voting District Geographic Data sponsored by Senator Brenda G. McKenna, D-Bernalillo & Sandoval.  The legislation absorbed some aspects of Senate Bill 15 – Redistricting Committee and other important recommendations from the New Mexico Redistricting Task Force.
• In previous years, multiple state lawmakers of both parties carried legislation calling for an Independent Redistricting Commission, including (but not limited to) Senator Bill O’Niell, Senator Dede Feldman, Senator Rod Adair, Senator Mark Moores, Senator Daniel Ivey-Soto.

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