Celebrate League Day at the New Mexico Legislature with us.  (Zoom link will be sent on Constant Contact)

AGENDA

10:30 a.m. Welcoming Comments

League of Women Voters of New Mexico President Hannah Burling

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10:45 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. New Mexico Redistricting Reform Legislation 

Edward Chavez, Former New Mexico Supreme Court Justice

Justice Chavez is a former Justice and Chief Justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court. He was appointed to the Supreme Court by Governor Bill Richardson and served on the court from 2003 to 2018. Justice Chavez oversaw the litigation concerning the New Mexico House Redistricting maps in 2011. He received his undergraduate degree from Eastern New Mexico University in 1978 and his J.D. from the University of New Mexico School of Law in 1981. Justice Chavez was the co-Chair of the 2020 New Mexico First Redistricting Task Force.

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11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Taxes and Funding for Essential Services – update on legislation

Amber Wallin MPA, Deputy Director, New Mexico Voices for Children

Ms. Wallin oversees New Mexico Voices for Children’s research and policy work. She also manages the KIDS COUNT program and does policy research on education, tax and budget, hunger, and economic issues. She joined NM Voices in 2012 as a Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Fellow, after which she was a Research and Policy Analyst. Ms. Wallin has worked in the public sector at the municipal, state, and federal levels, working in the government department at New Mexico State University and the budget department at the city of Las Cruces prior to joining the Voices team. She received her MPA from NMSU. Voices leads the Fairness Project that advocates for fair taxation and revenue for essential services. The LWVNM is a member of the Fairness Project.