Common Cause

New Mexico is the latest state to look to the courts to make a call on whether legislative maps were drawn fairly. A deadline is approaching for a district court here to decide whether the state’s new congressional map egregiously favors Democrats, as the state Republican Party argues. A group of non-partisan advocates and redistricting experts have submitted proposed guidance to the judge for making his decision.

While many of us are focused on the demands of the pandemic, the primary election came up quick in New Mexico, and the general election is right around…

Big-money influences political races at every level around the U.S. Part of the answer, advocates say, is giving candidates access to public money for…

Voters on Tuesday should expect to vote without being hassled, and to be treated courteously. You can push back if your experience is any different, or if…

Anxiety about voter intimidation has laced the final weeks of a tense election cycle around the country. But one nonpartisan organization in New Mexico is…