SB15 in Senate Judiciary Committee

Senate Bill 15-Redistricting Act is scheduled for Senate Judiciary Committee Saturday, March 6, 2021. The measure is a committee substitute and contains many of the measures in the New Mexico Redistricting Task Force report including:

• A citizen committee to consider public input and draft a set of maps
• More rigorous criteria than that used in 2011 that provides better protection for previously disadvantaged groups

 
Areas that still need to be addressed include:

• Assurances on Native American participation & consideration of their past concerns about district lines dividing tribal lands
• Prohibitions of consideration of incumbency & partisan data
• Requirements for the Legislature to operate in a transparent manner

 
Watch the hearing, starting at 1:30. The deadline has expired to request the chance to speak, but you can still email your legislator to provide feedback on SB15. Calls, texts or emails to members of the SJC are encouraged.