VIRTUAL LEAGUE DAY AT THE
LEGISLATURE
Thursday, February 18, 2021
Zoom link to follow on Constant Contact
10:30 am Welcoming
comments from LWVNM President Hannah Burling New Mexico
10:45
– 11:30 am Redistricting Reform Legislation
Invited:
Edward Chavez, Former New Mexico Supreme Court Justice
Justice Chavez is a former Justice and Chief Justice of the
New Mexico Supreme Court. Chavez was born in Santa Fe. He was appointed to the
Supreme Court by Governor Bill Richardson and served from March 10, 2003 to
March 2018. Justice Chavez oversaw the litigation concerning the New Mexico
House Redistricting maps in 2011. Justice Chavez received his undergraduate
degree from Eastern New Mexico University in 1978 and his J.D. from
the University of New Mexico School of Law in 1981. Justice Chavez was the
co-Chair of the 2020 New Mexico First Redistricting Task Force.
11:30 am – 12:30pm Taxes and Funding for Essential Services
Amber Wallin MPA, Deputy Director, New
Mexico Voices for Children
Amber oversees New Mexico
Voices for Children’s research and policy work. She also manages the KIDS COUNT
program and does policy research on education, tax and budget, hunger, and
economic issues. She joined NM Voices in 2012 as a Center on Budget and Policy
Priorities Fellow, after which she was a Research and Policy Analyst Amber has worked in the public sector at the
municipal, state, and federal levels, working in the government department at
New Mexico State University and the budget department at the city of Las Cruces
prior to joining the Voices team. Voices oversees the Fairness Project that advocates for fair taxation and revenue for essential services.The LWVNM is a member of the Fairness Project.