[Lwvcnmtopics] League of Women Voters of Central New Mexico Updates

[Kathy Economy]

Wow, how did  we miss  this. I think that is a very good idea.

On Thu, Jun 25, 2020, 11:23 AM George Richmond <geomrich1 at comcast.net>
wrote:

> I read the attachment to Karen's letter which deals with voting procedures.
>
> One issue is that Native Americans may not be proficient in English (or
> Spanish) to be able to complete the ballot in either language but could
> benefit if the ballot were printed in their language, say, Ute or Dine, for
> example.
>
> Yet, for some mysterious reason, ballots in New Mexico are printed in BOTH
> ENGLISH AND SPANISH.
>
> Perhaps that law could be changed to: Printed in English OR Spanish OR
> Dine OR.....
>
> I say this is an idea whose time has come.
>
>
> George Richmond
> On 6/24/2020 9:06 PM, kwentworth17 at comcast.net wrote:
>
> Hello League members-
>
>
>
> We hope you are safe and healthy during this long summer. We will have a
> unit meeting at noon on July 9 for all members who are willing to join us
> on Zoom. We will have a panel of speakers to talk about the decisions made
> at the U.S. League of Women Voters virtual convention this week. That will
> be a great way to catch up with our national agenda and to start thinking
> about where we fit in the national priorities.
>
>
>
> We also wanted to share a new study of our primary election problems that
> has just been released by the UNM School of Social Policy. It looks and
> what went wrong during the primary and suggests changes that might be made
> during the next legislative session in January. It points out specific
> problems in Sandoval County with allowing tribal members to vote and a
> possible solution. It also suggests a solution for everyone who didn’t get
> their absentee ballot back to the Bernalillo County Clerk in time for it to
> be counted.
>
>
>
> League members are active currently on the Voter Guide. We are preparing
> questions for the candidate for November and Mary Wilson at
> t3wilson at aol.com is looking for volunteers to help call candidates and
> work on ballot and bond questions and the informational section on how
> people can vote in November. This is all work that can be done virtually to
> protect those who are still social distancing. We will do an online and
> printed version of the Voter Guide for the November election.
>
>
>
> We hope to see you soon, even if it is only on Zoom. I’ll send out the
> invitation closer to the meeting.
>
>
>
> Karen Wentworth
>
> Co-President, LWVCNM
>
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