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Studies in other states show that public financing of elections has allowed a more diverse group of candidates and increased voter turnout, but the data doesn’t yet exist to know whether that’s happening in Albuquerque and Santa Fe, the two New Mexico cities with public-financing systems. Continue Reading
By changing how elections are financed in Las Cruces, some hope to counter big money they fear arrived in the city with the recent failed recall attempt. They also hope to open up elections to more people. Continue Reading
As we reported earlier today, the Las Cruces City Council will meet Monday to discuss the possibility of implementing a public-financing system for elections. Read the proposal here. Continue Reading
If the council approves a public-financing system, it would likely be implemented for the November 2017 election, not the municipal election that will be held later this year, city officials told NMPolitics.net. Continue Reading
A Las Cruces church’s refusal of state funding appears to be a driving factor in its decision to close a daycare center. Now that decision has some parents scrambling to find other child-care options. Continue Reading
In a few months Albuquerque and Las Cruces, New Mexico’s two largest cites, will have elections for several city council seats. Las Cruces will also hold an election for mayor and the presiding municipal judge. Continue Reading