[Lwvcnmtopics] Fwd: New Mexico First Seeks Nominations For Redistricting Task Force

[Cheryl Haaker]

I'm passing along this notice from New Mexico First. The League has long
been interested in fair redistricting, and this is an opportunity to get
onto, or recommend someone for, the Task Force.



*Cheryl Haaker, webmaster lwvcnm.org <http://wvcnm.org>*

*League of Women Voters of Central New Mexico*

*505.298.7415*


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From: New Mexico First <info at nmfirst.org>
Date: Thu, Aug 6, 2020 at 1:15 PM
Subject: New Mexico First Seeks Nominations For Redistricting Task Force
To: Cheryl Haaker <cheryl at aqsafety.com>


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New Mexico First Seeks Nominations For Redistricting Task Force
Dear Community Member,

The statewide nonprofit organization New Mexico First is inviting
nominations and self-nominations for a Redistricting Task Force. The goal
of the task force is to develop recommendations to present to the N.M.
Legislature on redistricting rules and processes.

Our organization is committed to cross-partisan dialogue,
consensus-building, and aligned action on policy issues that impact the
state. Therefore, the Redistricting Task Force will include voters,
researchers, lawmakers, tribal members, and advocates who are knowledgeable
about redistricting or voter rights. The task force will include people
from different political parties as well as people who decline to state
their party. The task force will also be racially, ethnically, and
geographically diverse, including members from the sovereign Pueblos and
Tribes across New Mexico.

A task force can increase cross-partisan trust in the redistricting
process, reduce the contentiousness that has historically resulted in
timely and costly lawsuits, and increase public confidence in the electoral
process and civic institutions. The public must have faith that democracy
works and that voters are choosing their elected officials rather than the
perception that elected officials are choosing their voters.

The Redistricting Task Force will meet remotely every two weeks beginning
September 21, 2020, from 3-5 pm, and aims to complete discussion,
deliberation, and drafting of recommendations by late November. The
tentative schedule, which is subject to change, includes the following
online meetings:

9/21/20 3-5 pm
10/5/20 3-5 pm
10/19/20 3-5 pm
11/2/20 3-5 pm
11/16/20 3-5 pm
11/30/20 3-5 pm

Redistricting Task Force Nomination Form-Please go to
https://tinyurl.com/nm-redistricting
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by September 5, 2020, to self-nominate or nominate someone you know!

Funding for the task force was provided through a grant from the Thornburg
Foundation.

Sincerely,
Lilly Irvin-Vitela, MCRP
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President and Executive Director
New Mexico First
Office 505.225.2140 x6
Lilly at nmfirst.org
www.nmfirst.org
Melanie Sanchez Eastwood, M.A.
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Deputy Director
New Mexico First
505.225.2140 x1
Melanie at nmfirst.org
www.nmfirst.org
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