redistricting

House Joint Resolution 1 would ask voters whether to amend the state’s constitution, taking the redistricting process away from lawmakers and giving it to an independent commission instead. It was nearly unanimously tabled in the House Judiciary Committee Monday, with lawmakers from both parties voting to set the measure aside, with only Democratic Rep. Andrea Romero voting against doing so.

A resolution that would ask voters whether to change New Mexico’s constitution so that state lawmakers no longer draw their own voting districts is moving forward in the legislature with bipartisan support. But the proposal to create an independent redistricting commission also has detractors in both parties.

A bill that aims to establish an independent redistricting commission to limit lawmakers’ role in drawing their own maps is expected to be introduced next month. Its sponsor, Rep. Natalie Figueroa, says it’s a necessary next step in removing politics from New Mexico’s process.

The election of all 70 seats in the New Mexico House was the first go around for a new district map. While Democratic control of the House will remain the same, the redistricting process may not.

A new report looks at the strengths and weaknesses of New Mexico's new redistricting process, and the lessons learned in 2021 for the next go around as some voters prepare to cast ballots from new federal and state districts in the fast-approaching midterm elections.

In a debate that covered policing, border policy, abortion and energy, the two candidates seemed both to be softening previous stances on policy issues.

The Albuquerque City Council Redistricting Committee is scheduled to hold its last meeting Wednesday evening in the once-a-decade redistricting process for the state’s largest city, which began in March. The public is invited to submit comment on a number of concept maps ahead of the committee's recommendation to the Council Friday.

State legislators passed only a fraction of the bills and resolutions introduced in this year’s short, 30-day session. One of proposals that stalled in committee was a resolution to reform the way redistricting is conducted in New Mexico. Its sponsor, Democratic Rep. Natalie Figueroa, spoke with KUNM’s Nash Jones about what happened to the legislation and why she’ll continue to advocate for it.

Earlier this month, KUNM reported about an online portal, Districtr, where New Mexicans can draw and submit their own maps to the Citizen Redistricting…

As New Mexico redraws the district boundaries for its state legislature, U.S. House and Public Education Commission, pueblos across the state are…