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The League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan political organization, encourages the informed and active participation of citizens in government, and influences public policy through education and advocacy.

House Memorial 4 Passes the NM House! 

The memorial states that the New Mexico House of  Representatives urges the U.S. Congress to send a constitutional amendment to the states that would reverse the effects of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling.

Senate Memorial 3, the companion piece in the Senate, has passed out of the Senate Rules Committee and is scheduled for hearing by the Senate Judiciary Committee.  If this memorial asses the legislature, New Mexico will make history as the first state to enact such a measure.  Other states are working on similar legislation or resolutions.

Please call your senator and urge them to vote yes on SM 3 in Judiciary and when it reaches the senate floor.
Please see the Advocacy page for details. Remember, you are speaking as an individual constituent and not for the League.  You can get up to date info on LWVNM legislation at:  http://www.lwvnm.org/action.html

The League in the News

  • Youth Voter Registration Grants Received  The League of Women Voters Education Fund (LWVEF) has awarded the LWVSFC a competitive grant (thank you to our Voter Services Chair, JoAnne Dutcher and Marcy Litzenberg) to support a Youth Voter Registration project.  An generous donor also made a grant for the project, which aims to engage high school, community college, and/or vocational school students in the electoral process in order to redress the fact that more than half of all 18-year-old citizens in the United States were still not registered to vote in 2008.  Overall, Americans under the age of 30 remain severely underrepresented in the electorate, and the disparities in youth voting grow even wider when looking at African-Americans, Latinos, and those with no college experience.  This project will target underrepresented communities to support voter registration in the spring of 2012.  

  • League Speaks to School Board in Opposition to Restrictions on Freedom of Speech    League members attended and spoke at several School Board meetings in opposition to restrictions on freedom of speech during public comment periods.  We were joined at all of these meetings by the New Mexico Foundation for Open Government, and the two groups made a difference in the outcome.

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