• The New Mexico legislature passed landmark election reform legislation last year. Among other things, our priority items of voter verified paper audit trails and automatic audits were included in this new election law.
• The Election Reform Task Force established by the legislature investigated further improvements to the election reform bill, which will be considered in the 2006 legislative session.
• New Mexico will be purchasing new voting machines to meet Help America Vote Act requirements. Just in time for the 2006 legislative session, Governor Richardson announced an initiative to adopt a statewide voting system using paper ballots and optical scan vote counters. On the last day of the spring 2006 legislative session, a bill was passed requiring voting systems to use paper ballots throughout the state. New Mexico's voting system will now be the exemplar for fair and accurate elections. Click here to read Senate Bill 295/House Bill 430, Requiring use of paper ballots for all voting systems..

• Give us your ideas on needed reforms
• Join the United Voters of New Mexico mailing list
• Volunteer to be a poll worker, watcher, or observer
• Ask the Secretary of State and your county clerk to implement needed reforms
• Thank your legislators if they support election reform, encourage those that have to continue their support, and encourage those that have not to get involved.
• Each spring, attend House Voters and Elections Committee meetings and Senate Rules Committee meetings to support election reform. Agendas can be found on the New Mexico State Legislature web site

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