The automatic voter registration election legislation announced on Wednesday by three Albuquerque Democrats is the local front of the nationwide “voting wars” between Democrats and Republicans. The drive for Automatic Voter Registration (AVR) “has taken off across the country” according to an April 2016 report by the Brennan Center for Justice, a nonpartisan think tank.…
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2017 New Mexico Legislature: Opening Day Recap
Santa Fe – Lawmakers gathered at the Roundhouse during a balmy afternoon in Santa Fe to officially begin the 53rd New Mexico Legislature. A couple of hours after both legislative chambers convened the Sergeant at Arms bellowed from the floor of the people’s House and announced the arrival and entrance of Susana Martinez – it…
53rd New Mexico Legislature Preview
Santa Fe – New Mexico’s 2017 legislative session kicks off today at noon and anticipated to end after sixty days on Saturday, March 18th. The bills that make it out of both houses have until April 7th to be signed by the governor or are automatically vetoed by the so-called pocket veto. The current budget…
Nota Bene: January 12th, 2017
“They’ve made the mistake of thinking that power over others and leadership are the same thing.” – Tim Tharp Albuquerque – The feast of the Epiphany and Plough Monday have passed; the People may be “pansa llena y corazon contento” but politico sleeves are rolled up with flaring ambitions and carefully crafted perceptions to sell.…