COMING UP:

Book Club July 23. Book Club group meets at 5:30 PM in the office conference room to discuss James by Percival Everett.

Voter registration event on July 26 at the Atrisco Heritage Community Resource Fair.

LWVCNM and the Guild Present a free Showing of Ratified at the Guild Theater August 2^nd. Check it out. 

Save the Date: Virtual Public Meeting, July 31, 2025, 11:30 - 1:30. Albuquerque city staff are working to advance significant zoning reforms to incentivize housing production and reduce barriers to housing. There are six public meetings scheduled throughout July and August to share the proposed changes and gather community feedback. You can find the full meeting list, including Zoom links, here: IDO Updates 2025 – Public Meetings.  See more information on our Hot Topics web page.

See the calendar of events on our website.

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DID YOU KNOW?

LWV Press Release July 18 - Inappropriate and Concerning: LWVUS Statement on DOJ Voter Data and Election Machine Requests.

Legislative Committees meet throughout the year and around New Mexico to prepare for legislative sessions. These meetings are where real discussions about issues, priorities, and possible future legislation occur. Take a look. 

Mary Katharine Goddard, a newspaper publisher, postmaster and bookstore owner is the only woman whose name appeared on the Declaration of Independence. She was the person authorized to print the Declaration for distribution. For the first time she included the names of the Founders that signed the Declaration, and her name appears at the bottom.

Quote - Justice John Marshall reminds us in the United States Supreme Court ruling in Marbury v. Madison: "The government of the United States has been emphatically termed a government of laws, and not of men. It will certainly cease to deserve this high appellation, if the laws furnish no remedy for the violation of a vested legal right."