[LWVNM Action] Clarification

[Ed Santiago]

Hi Jo,

>I was just wondering about the 2nd link for tracking legislation that
>appears on the LWVNM website  ... "Ed Santiago also maintains an annotated
>view of LWVNM's tracking sheet <https://nmlegis.edsantiago.com/lwv/>".
>
>Is it substantially different from the LWV's 2024 tracking list?

It is _intended_ to be identical. My site automatically fetches the LWV
tracking list once per hour and reprocesses it: adding live links to
bills, sponsors, and (once bills start moving through) to committee
hearings, dates/times, and Zoom links.

I say "intended" because the world is imperfect:

  - the LWV list currently has many "SB?" or bill-less wishlist. My
    site only handles actual bills with IDs. Once the LWV tracker
    gets populated with real bill numbers, those will appear on
    my site within the hour.

  - my source of Truth is nmlegis.gov, which as everyone here knows
    can be... uh... slow or quirky or even wrong. But it's all we got.

My site is intended for use both at home, where my goal is to just
keep an eye on things, and when I'm at the Roundhouse, where my goal
is to see where I can best use my time: I can quickly find bills I'm
interested in that will be in committee, can find legislators and
their schedules, and what's on floor calendars. (Obviously those
are moving-target displays and there is nothing to see today).

Hope someone finds it helpful.

Ed
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Ed Santiago  [he/him]          Toolsmith          ... at edsantiago.com