News: New congressional map headed to the Governor's office: What this means for New Mexicans12/12/2021
Breana Albizu, KOAT -- SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico lawmakers are divided over a new Congressional redistricting map. [READ MORE]
Daniel J. Chacon, Santa Fe New Mexican — Lawmakers pulled the plug Sunday on what promised to be a vigorous floor debate on a new redistricting map for the New Mexico Senate following stiff opposition from Native American leaders who said it undermined their wishes. [READ MORE]
Santa Fe, NM – Fair Districts New Mexico (FDNM) submitted a request to the New Mexico Senate leadership and the New Mexico Lieutenant Governor, who presides over the Senate, to provide to FDNM a full and detailed analysis of the changes to the initial Citizen Redistricting Committee (CRC) Senate Map C1. The Senate used the CRC Senate Map C1 as a basis for the map in Senate Bill 2; and why those changes were made. The FDNM request was sent via email Friday to Lieutenant Governor Howie Morales, President Pro Tempore Senator Mimi Stewart, Senate Majority Leader Peter Wirth, Senate Majority Whip Linda M. Lopez, Senator Daniel Ivey-Soto and Senator Brenda McKenna.
The map in Senate Bill 2, sponsored by Senator Lopez and Senator Ivey-Soto, has been flagged by various good-government organizations as a conflict of interest. Kathleen Burke, Fair Districts New Mexico Project Coordinator says “it is a conflict of interest because the Senators are designing the maps for their very own districts as well as their colleagues’ in the Senate. Fair Districts raises not only that concern, but the concern for incumbency protection as well.” Fair Districts New Mexico is comprised of forty politically and geographically diverse partner organizations. Fair Districts’ Project Leader Dick Mason, stated, “The request has been laid out well in advance numerous times to the Senate and so now we are asking in a more formal manner for these details, including why the changes were made. The redistricting of our state is a public matter done by a public body, our legislature. All matters done by persons in such a capacity should be made public to the citizens. While gerrymandering is most certainly is a covert endeavor, redistricting is not. All of the public’s business should be done in full public view. The public deserves a justification for the changes made to the original CRC map C1.” # # # Julia Goldberg, Santa Fe Reporter — Several redistricting proposals appear to be moving swiftly through the legislative process at the Roundhouse, where lawmakers have convened for a special session to address the once-a-decade process of redrawing political geographies. [READ MORE]
Morgan Lee, Associated Press — SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Democratic legislators on Wednesday advanced a plan to redraw New Mexico’s three congressional districts and reshape a southern district that has traditionally been dominated by Republicans. [READ MORE]
Daniel J. Chacon, Santa Fe New Mexican — A proposed congressional map that would move Roswell and parts of Hobbs in far southeastern New Mexico into the northern 3rd Congressional District advanced out of the Senate Rules Committee on a 6-3 party-line vote Thursday. [READ MORE]
Morgan Lee, Associated Press — SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Efforts to shore up Native American political influence in New Mexico through the redistricting process got a boost on Thursday as legislators advanced a state Senate map that incorporates consensus recommendations from an array of Indigenous communities. [READ MORE]
Robert Nott, Santa Fe New Mexican — As a child, Brittany Poss was enamored with those revolving globes typically found in classrooms and libraries. [READ MORE]
Carol A. Clark, Los Alamos Daily Post — SANTA FE — Tuesday, before a Committee of the Whole House of Representatives, the bipartisan Citizen Redistricting Committee (CRC) presented its recommended maps. [READ MORE]
Matt Grubs, KOB — ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The redistricting process in New Mexico is getting contentious – especially with the state's three congressional seats. [READ MORE]
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