About IDNM
We are advocates for a free, fair, and inclusive democracy in New Mexico.
Our Goals
- To remove barriers to voting, voter registration, meaningful participation, and representation
- To increase voter and civic engagement among historically disenfranchised peoples
- To challenge policies and dismantle structures of racism, classism, ableism, and sexism that are deeply-rooted in New Mexico politics
- To move toward an electorate that is representative and diverse in terms of race, gender, age, abilities, and socio-economic status
- To shift power from a small minority of wealthy donors to the supermajority of everyday people
Our Wins
- Creation of Citizens Redistricting Commission
- Automatic Voter Registration
- Same-day Voter Registration
- New Mexico joining the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact
- Voting and privacy rights for domestic violence survivors: Confidential Substitute Address Program
Our Work
2022 NM State Legislative Session:
- Senate Bill 8 includes several items we support:
- Automatically restoring the voting rights of those convicted of a felony upon release from incarceration
- Allowing 16- & 17-year-olds to participate in local elections
- Changing Automatic Voter Registration from opt-in to opt-out
- Designating Election Day as a state and school holiday
- Creating a permanent absentee voter list
- Providing secured, monitored ballot drop-off containers
- Allowing electronic signatures for nominating petitions
- Senate Joint Resolution 8 would bring a constitutional amendment before the voters to provide salaries for state legislators which would be determined by the new State Ethics Commission
2021 State Legislative Session:
- Lowering the voting age to 16 – SB 412
- Restore the vote to people with felony convictions, upon release from prison, regardless of parole or probation status – HB 74
- Paid Legislature for State of NM – HJR 4 provides a pathway to this
- Fusion Voting – SB 100
- Open Primaries – HB 79
2019:
- Democracy Dollars public finance vouchers for City of Albuquerque elections
- Ranked Choice Voting for City of Albuquerque elections
Our Hopes
- Eliminate felony disenfranchisement
- Election Day as a national holiday
- Voting rights in school board elections for all parents / guardians regardless of citizenship status
- Ranked Choice Voting, also known as Instant Runoff Elections, for all primaries and non-partisan elections
- Public Financing, including matching funds and Democracy Dollars for all voters
- Statehood for Washington DC, Puerto Rico, and other U.S. territories.
- Participatory Budgeting in local governments
- Fair redistricting to end gerrymandering
- Transparency and regulation of SuperPACs
- Repealing Citizens United
- Restore the Voting Rights Act and apply it to all states
For any questions, or to get involved, email us at info@inclusivedemocracynm.org.