On Saturday, the New Mexico Citizens Redistricting Committee will be holding a meeting in Albuquerque to discuss redistricting plans in the Albuquerque area, including state House, state Senate, congressional, and Public Education Commission maps.
This redistricting year is the first in the state’s history where citizens are allowed to submit their very own district maps along with written testimony for free.
According to the committee staff, “Use the public input portal to submit a map or written testimony. The link to do that is here. Submit a Public Comment or Map – New Mexico Citizens Redistricting Committee (nmredistricting.org) This is the first time that communities have had access to this kind of FREE mapping technology during redistricting to help policy makers better understand and respect what we want and need in terms of representation.”
In order to ensure fair districts are drawn, New Mexicans are encouraged to submit their maps to keep communities of interest together and to ensure the maps do not give any side a partisan advantage. The Committee will listen to concerns from voters and make determinations based upon the public’s input, which makes attending these meetings extremely important. It is increasingly important for Bernalillo County, as races in the Albuquerque area have become increasingly competitive in recent years.
You can attend via Zoom or in-person, so it is even easier to join the meeting.
Here are more details about Saturday’s event:
WHERE: West Mesa High School, Art Theater
The Citizen Redistricting Committee will hold a public meeting on Saturday, August 7, 2021 from 1pm to 5pm or until adjourned, to provide members of the public an opportunity to share public comment and testimony with the Committee before they begin the development of district maps for New Mexico’s offices to be redistricted. Click here to view the press release for the West Mesa Meeting.
To submit a public comment, district plan, or community of interest online, visit the CRC’s Public Redistricting Portal.
For in-person attendance at meetings:
Masks are required for those who have not been vaccinated and encouraged for those who have been vaccinated. You are also encouraged to practice social distancing.
To attend the meeting virtually, please see the details below:
Agenda & Meeting Materials: Click Here
Join Zoom meeting through internet browser: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84674111692?pwd=RDRENEowR0QxcDRLMHhyMjRpZENqQT09
Meeting ID: 846 7411 1692
Dial-in Number: 1 (669) 900–9128
Passcode: 247365
South Eastern N.M. should be annexed by Texas im certain we would be treated better. While Santa Fe is getting their new roads re-paved, we pump big money into the state and drive on what is left of what once was a road meanwhile a huge life threatening sink hole is under us waiting to swallow families whole. The education in N.M. is a joke on its best day so the governor in all of her wisdom takes a crap on the oil/ gas industry to appease her party. Then plays dumb about it as the over taxed citizens pay for her Goya steaks and carpet cleaning services. So when you redistrict the state please move the state line west then north so that we have a chance to make a living and get our children a decent education. The democrats are supposed to be for the people right? The greater majority of people i speak to around here think that history has proven that this is in our best interests.