/tags/voting-by-mail voting by mail en-US Copyright Wed, 10 Apr 2024 01:17:27 GMT /local-news/2024-04-09/permanent-absentee-voter-list-application-only-available-by-paper-for-now This is the first year that New Mexicans can choose to receive an absentee ballot for every election. Previously, they had to submit a new request each time. However, the online application is not yet available. Wed, 10 Apr 2024 01:17:27 GMT /local-news/2024-04-09/permanent-absentee-voter-list-application-only-available-by-paper-for-now Nash Jones /local-news/2023-02-14/revived-voting-rights-bill-that-failed-last-year-heads-to-the-house-floor A revived voting rights bill that died during a filibuster last year is on its way to the House for a vote. House Bill 4 would allow New Mexicans to sign up to get ballots for every election via mail. It would create a system for automatic voter registration. It would also turn Election Day into a school holiday. Tue, 14 Feb 2023 21:53:12 GMT /local-news/2023-02-14/revived-voting-rights-bill-that-failed-last-year-heads-to-the-house-floor Andrew Oxford /podcast/your-new-mexico-gover/2022-02-02/2022-session Amid a national conversation about voting rights, we’ve seen efforts to restrict access to the ballot in other states and two federal voting rights bills stalled in the United States Congress. On this episode of #YNMG we'll cover New Mexico's Senate Bill 8, the New Mexico Voting Rights Act, which has the backing of Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver and Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham. It's aimed at expanding voting access by making it easier to vote and even allowing new classes of people a chance to cast ballots. Thu, 03 Feb 2022 05:05:28 GMT /podcast/your-new-mexico-gover/2022-02-02/2022-session Kaveh Mowahed /local-news/2020-06-22/ynmg-covid-the-special-universe-of-this-legislative-session It’s a weird time. We’ve got a global pandemic, an uprising against racist police violence and a special legislative session dropped in the middle of… Tue, 23 Jun 2020 03:06:58 GMT /local-news/2020-06-22/ynmg-covid-the-special-universe-of-this-legislative-session Marisa Demarco, Khalil Ekulona /local-news/2020-04-23/ynmg-covid-to-be-heard-and-counted Episode 49 is all about the elections that are still coming up and the 2020 census. Advocates tell us that New Mexico is hard to count because it's big,… Fri, 24 Apr 2020 03:15:16 GMT /local-news/2020-04-23/ynmg-covid-to-be-heard-and-counted Marisa Demarco, Khalil Ekulona