[Lwvcnmtopics] LWVCNM Hot Topics for the week of February 8, 2026

[LWV CentralNewMexico]

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*Hot Topics for the week of February 8, 2026*

*Current events and issues of interest to LWVCNM members*

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


*The first meeting for the Communications Committee* will be on
Tuesday *February
10th* at 10am on Zoom. All interested members are invited. Email
lwvcnmoffice at gmail.com if you need the Zoom link.

*There will be a Voter Registration/Education/Outreach planning meeting* on
Wednesday *February 11th* at 3 pm in the conference room.

*The next Bernalillo County Naturalization Ceremony* voter registration and
education is on *February 13th.*

*LWVCNM will have a table at the CNM Native American Career Fair* for voter
registration and education on *February 18th*.

*The last day *of the 2026 New Mexico legislative session ends on *February
19th*.

*The annual LWVCNM program planning meeting* is on Saturday, *February 21st*
at 10 am. It’s on Zoom. Look for an announcement with a Zoom link when it’s
closer to that day.

*The February monthly meeting is on Thursday, February 26th.* The topic is
New Mexico semi-open primaries. It will be important to learn the facts
about this, as we expect to get many questions about it.

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



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*DID YOU KNOW?*

*The League of Women Voters *celebrates its 106th anniversary this week.

*There are seven off-cycle local elections* in New Mexico in March:
Artesia, Bernalillo, Clovis, Española, Rio Rancho, Ruidoso and Santa Rosa.
For elections in our counties, see information for Bernalillo and Rio
Rancho in newspapers such as the Sandoval Signpost
<https://sandovalsignpost.com/>, the Rio Rancho Observer
<https://www.rrobserver.com/>, and the Rio Rancho News
<https://riorancho.news/>.

*In addition, the school districts for Corona and Estancia*, in Torrance
County, have special elections via mail. The Corona Public Schools *March
24* election is for a capital improvement question. The Estancia Municipal
Schools *March 17* election is a bond question. Information is available on
the Torrance County Clerk website
<https://www.torrancecountynm.org/departments/county-clerk>.

*You can follow *the New Mexico League’s involvement and advocacy in the
2026 New Mexico Legislative Session at the web pages
https://www.lwvnm.org/Action and
https://lwvnm.org/Action/2026/LWVtrack2026.php.





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