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Visit the Action page

Updated for the 2010 thirty-day session, the Action Committee page will help you keep up with legislation - get pointers on lobbying - see the bills that the League is keeping an eye on - and TAKE ACTION! Just click here.

 

Winter La Palabra Now Online!

Expect the hardcopy in early January - read it now here (PDF, 876 KB)

League Day at the Legislature / LWV 90th Birthday Celebration!

Tuesday, January 26, 2010, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Santa Fe

We need your voice not only to advocate for the League's legislative priorities but also to celebrate the League's 90th birthday, including a memorial to be passed by the Legislature that day.

The NM State Legislature will be in session from January 19 to February 18. This 30-day session is limited to budget items plus legislation that the Governor puts on his call. The LWVNM Action Committee will recommend that the board adopt as priorities for this session budget issues that we can support with our existing positions, such as revoking some of the income tax cuts from 2003 and opposing the reinstatement of the GRT on food, and ethics issues, which are expected to be part of the Governor's call.

For more information, click here.
from Wikipedia: New Mexico Legislature in session

 

Water Study Consensus

Consensus meetings for the LWV NM Water Study begin this week. Check your local League for the dates. The consensus questions are printed in the Summer 2009 La Palabra on page 7. More information is included in the Fall 2009 La Palabra.

Look over the information on the Water Study page, review the questions, and plan on attending the consensus meetings to make your voice heard! This is how the League arrives at its positions and programs - through the informed participation of its members. From USDA website, Natural Resources Conservation Service pages

 

Call Congress!

The Congressional switchboard number is 1-866-727-4894. All you need to do is call toll free and ask for your Congressman or Senator.

Know Your Elected Officials

For detailed information about who represents you and how to contact them, see our Voter Information page. There are links to the LWVNM 2009 Voters Key and each of the Who's Who and Who's in Charge guides published by the four local New Mexico Leagues.

 

The Climate Change workshop (8/21) was a great success!

Speaker presentations and photos are now online: Click here

Audience for Keynote Speech
Audience for the Keynote Speech

 

League in the News

3/29/2009
The Santa Fe New Mexican published an editorial "In League with the Angels" which begins

Santa Fe voters tend to be a well-informed lot — and we'd love to think that it's owing to what you read in The New Mexican. But, more than anyone else, thanks — and a bit of support — should go to the tireless volunteers of the League of Women Voters of Santa Fe County.
League members — and it's a co-ed operation, its name aside — are the ones who, year in and year out, do the tough, detailed work of watching over local government.

Read the whole thing here.

 

About the League of Women Voters

The League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan political organization, encourages the informed and active participation of citizens in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy.

The League of Women Voters is strictly nonpartisan; it neither supports nor opposes candidates for office at any level of government. At the same time, the League is wholeheartedly political - working to influence policy through education and advocacy. It is the original grassroots citizen network, directed by the consensus of its members across the country.

Membership is open to all citizens of the United States, both women and men, who are 18 years or older. In New Mexico, there are four local leagues. All local members are automatically members of LWVNM as well as the national League of Women Voters of the United States (LWVUS). New Mexicans who do not live near any of the existing local leagues may join LWVNM as a member at large.

Find out more about us and check our calendar for upcoming events.

For members:

Looking for reimbursement forms? Go to the bottom of the links page.

New! Board resources page.

The LWVUS has recently revised its web pages. To gain access to the members-only section follow the procedure that begins at https://www.lwv.webmembership.org/PreRegister.asp.

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