From Office of the Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, Photo: Unsplash, January 6, 2022
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver on Thursday announced a proposal that will protect and expand New Mexico voting rights, including by expanding online voter registration, providing further protections for Native voters, and creating a permanent, voluntary absentee ballot request list.
Amid a wave of anti-democratic sentiment nationwide that includes the implementation of restrictive and discriminatory ballot access policies in other states, as well as a partisan refusal to fortify voting rights at the federal level, the proposed legislation will significantly expand ballot access and support voter rights in New Mexico while modernizing and further securing the state’s elections. This initiative will be one of the governor’s signature 2022 legislative agenda items.
“Protecting voting rights is essential to upholding our democracy and ensuring New Mexicans’ voices are heard,” said Gov. Lujan Grisham. “On this somber anniversary of the January 6 Capitol insurrection, an anti-democratic attempt to overturn a free and fair election, we are reminded that it is more important than ever to safeguard access to the ballot box. While voting rights are under attack across the country, New Mexico is taking every action to protect and expand them.”
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