by Sonny Haquani | Apr 7, 2021 | In the News, Media
APPLY FOR THE CITIZEN REDISTRICTING COMMITTEE About the Redistricting Act: On April 6, 2021, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed Senate Bill 304 (55th Legis., 1st Sess. 2021). Senate Bill 304 includes the Redistricting Act. The Redistricting Act...
by Sonny Haquani | Jan 29, 2021 | In the News
By Wiley Rein Despite the pandemic and being in its first year of existence, the New Mexico State Ethics Commission wasted no time in 2020. The agency recently took significant enforcement actions against two groups for alleged reporting violations for their...
by Sonny Haquani | Dec 18, 2020 | In the News
After a decade-long effort, New Mexico lawmakers passed new campaign reporting requirements in 2019 to force nonprofit groups, which can spend money on political campaigns without registering as political committees, to disclose their spending as well as the names,...
by Sonny Haquani | Dec 16, 2020 | In the News
BY DAN BOYD / JOURNAL CAPITOL BUREAU CHIEF Copyright © 2020 Albuquerque Journal SANTA FE – The New Mexico Ethics Commission on Friday filed a lawsuit aimed at forcing a group that spent more than $130,000 on political advertisements in hotly-contested Democratic...
by Sonny Haquani | Nov 16, 2020 | In the News
Every election, candidates and their campaigns, political organizations, and others spend millions of dollars on advertisements designed to influence New Mexicans’ votes. Voters have a right to know who is behind these advertisements, and how much is being spent. New...
by Sonny Haquani | Oct 8, 2020 | In the News
Candidates, expenditures and making sense of it all Authored Jointly by the State Ethics Commissioners William Lang, chairman; Jeff Baker; Stuart Bluestone; Garrey Carruthers; Ronald Solimon; Judy Villanueva; and Frances Williams and the New Mexico Secretary of...
