Senate Memorial 1 (SM1) - Federal Standards for Redistricting
Fact Sheet: Please Support SM1
SM1: Uniform Redistricting Criteria
Senate Memorial 7 (SM7) - Create a Redistricting Task Force
Fact Sheet: Please Support SM7
SM7: Redistricting Task Force
Fair Districts for New Mexico does not have a specific position on the mid-cycle redistricting currently occurring around the country. We do recognize that it well illustrates the absurdity of allowing politicians to draw their own districts. We agree with the Election Reformers Network: "The more profound truth remains: gerrymandering is not the long-term solution to gerrymandering."
NCSL Redistricting and Census Resources
The American Redistricting Project.
Fair Districts for New Mexico is nonpartisan, but we remind New Mexico Democratic policymakers and candidates that their Democratic Party of New Mexico State Platform 2022 plank on redistricting states: “We will advocate for a constitutional amendment to end gerrymandering by creating and giving authority to an independent non-partisan redistricting commission that includes diverse membership, specifically including Native American representation and participation. This commission shall be separate from the legislative process to prevent the drawing of political boundaries favoring one party over another or favoring incumbents.”
Green Party National Platform: Nonpartisan redistricting: Establish independent and transparent non-partisan redistricting processes to stop partisan gerrymandering and protect minority rights and representation.
Libertarian Party National Platform on Representative Government:We oppose laws that effectively exclude alternative candidates and parties, deny ballot access, gerrymander districts, or deny the voters their right to consider all alternatives.
To our knowledge the Republican Party does not have a platform plank on redistricting.
The Secretary of State has maps for the new Congressional districts. The sidebar on the left has links to the New Mexico Senate, House and Public Education districts.
The League of Women Voters of New Mexico also has updated NM District Maps.
Citizen Redistricting Committee Final Report
Citizen Redistricting Committee Adopted District Maps
Advocates laud state's new approach to decennial redistricting processing, By Robert Nott
Article in the Santa Fe New Mexican:
First glimpse of proposed New Mexico redistricting maps shows many options
Casey Douma of Laguna Pueblo, co-chair of the All Pueblo Council
of Governors' redistricting committee addressed the Citizen
Redistricting Committee on August 14 at the Albuquerque Indian
Pueblo Cultural Center. We share
Mr. Douma's informative presentation here.
Recording of the Webinar Redistricting Rock Stars, Tuesday, January 12, 6:30pm.
See FDNM with Redistricting Task Force Chairmen former NM Supreme Court Justice Edward Chavez and former NM Appeals Court Judge Roderick Kennedy as we discuss how the Chairmen foresee the Task Force's findings affecting redistricting reform at the legislative session. We also discuss the Redistricting Act, the Senate bill for redistricting reform. Hosted by the League of Women Voters New Mexico President, Hannah Burling.
Read the Task Force's report here: Redistricting Taskforce in New Mexico.
Writer and reporter Gwyneth Doland, of New Mexico In Depth, speaks about the historical aspects of redistricting in New Mexico, how they impact redistricting today, and what we might expect in redistricting 2021. Doland is the author of Redistricting NM 2021; A troubled history and opportunities for change.
View the video of our webinar on Redistricting in New Mexico.
Research & Polling presentation to New Mexico Legislative Council (PDF, 1.5M) from January 19, 2021.
Results of a poll on public views on redistricting reform by UNM Center for
Social Policy. In some cases the presentation compares the public views with
those who applied to be on the Redistricting Task Force:
2020 New Mexico Redistricting Survey.
Downloadable Articles and Info.
Themes for Op/Eds and Letters to the Editor.
You can get legislator contact information from the New Mexico League of Women Voters.
Kathleen Burke; fairdistricts (at) lwvnm (dot) org; 505-255-0103, calls only
Dick Mason: act (at) lwvnm (dot) org;505-239-3804