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Hot Topics for the week of March 29, 2026

Current events and issues of interest to LWVCNM members

This list is available online.


LWVCNM member Anne Galer is giving her presentation Abolishing the Electoral College to LWV Santa Fe County on Friday April 3. Reservations are required. See details here.

The next LWVCNM happy hour will be on April 7 from 4 pm to 6 pm at Quarter Celtic on Lomas and San Mateo.

LWVCNM will have a table at New Mexico Tech in Socorro on Wednesday, April 8.

The next LWVCNM monthly educational meeting will be on April 9. The topic is Data Centers and Microgrids in New Mexico: Issues to Address. The focus will be what criteria should be applied to evaluate data center and microgrid development and which public agencies should evaluate and approve them.  Senator Antoinette Sedillo Lopez will provide information and options at our in-person meeting at the LWVCNM conference room and on Zoom. Look for an email with more information and the Zoom link in the coming week. See more information here.

 LWVCNM will provide time keeping for a Secretary of State candidate forum on April 21 in Belen.

LWVCNM will have a table for voter registration and education at the New Mexico PTA convention on April 24 and 25.

There will be a gubernatorial forum in Rio Rancho on April 28. LWVCNM will be involved; details forthcoming.

Save the date: The LWVCNM annual meeting will be on May 9 at the UNM Continuing Education building. Registration at 9:30am. Business Meeting 10-11:30. Brunch 11:30. Guest speaker Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller at Noon.  The Annual Meeting Newsletter will be mailed in couple of weeks with specific information about how to register and items for discussion and approval. See information about the mayor’s presentation here.

 See the calendar of events on our website.

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DID YOU KNOW?

Can you help distribute Voter Guides in early May? If so, please call or email Pam Wilson (wilsonpj51@hotmail.com; 505-331-0936).

The LWVCNM website lwvcnm.org is changing. It now has drop-down menu items, and the next step will be to change the look of the home page to make it more inviting. No web pages have been omitted intentionally, so if you’re looking for something and can’t find it, call or email the office – lwvcnmoffice@gmail.com, 505-884-8441.

For the first time, LWVCNM has produced a Who’s Who Political Directory for Torrance and Valencia counties. It’s available on our website under the Publications menu item. Printed copies will be available soon.



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Albuquerque, New Mexico 87109-3352