[Lwvcnmtopics] LWVCNM Hot Topics for the week of September 7, 2025

[LWV CentralNewMexico]

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*Hot Topics for the week of September 7, 2025*

*Current events and issues of interest to LWVCNM members*

*This list is available **online* <https://www.lwvcnm.org/hot-topics/>*. *



*BEWARE! Several members have received an email supposedly from Starlyn
Brown, President of LWVCNM. Recipients of those emails are being asked to
do something or reply. These are NOT legitimate. Always look carefully at
the from Email Address. Starlyn does not send emails to members from a
Gmail account.   *



*COMING UP:*

*The September Monthly Educational meetings *are both this *Thursday,
September 11 *at noon and again at 6:30 PM, in person or on Zoom. The topic
will be describing the new dues payment system in detail.

 See the calendar of events <https://www.lwvcnm.org/events/> on our website.

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*DID YOU KNOW?*

*Redistricting has become national issue. *By now you have probably
received numerous emails on the topic from LWVNM and LWVUS. Please read
these emails to better understand where the League stands.

*The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a revised
policy* *guidance* on August 29, stating that “only state and local
election officials will be permitted to offer voter registration services
at the end of administrative naturalization ceremonies.” As numerous
Leagues around the country, including ours, have helped with registering
new citizens after naturalization ceremonies, the National League
issued a press
release
<https://www.lwv.org/newsroom/press-releases/league-women-voters-statement-uscis-policy-restricting-voter-registration>.
Our League Voter Services group is constantly engaging new citizens and
potential new voters to defend democracy, and that will not be affected by
this ruling.

*Our emails have been sent to municipal election candidates* for this
year’s election. Encourage your candidate, whether incumbents already in
office, or candidates who want to be in office, to respond to our
invitation to answer our questions. They can call or send email to
vote411 at lwvcnm.org if they have questions. This includes candidates not
only in our four counties (Bernalillo, Sandoval, Torrance, and Valencia),
but also in the other four counties we have agreed to cover for this
election – Catron, Cibola, McKinley, and Socorro.



League of Women Voters of Central New Mexico
6739 Academy Rd. NE  Suite 124
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87109-3352
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