SANTA FE, N.M. - Being a beacon for the dispossessed has defined our nation since its inception. Our democracy used to uplift people around the world. It made all of us proud. That we’ve lost that stature diminishes each of us. We can’t directly address the dysfunction of our national dialogue. But we can reinvigorate the dialogue we have with each other in New Mexico. We don’t have to spend a nickel to make our elections the most fair and the most competitive in the country. In fact, some chan...

There are many reasons to be thinking about the upcoming Census. Making sure it is properly funded and that there are as few undercounts as possible are two. We should be thinking just as hard, or perhaps harder, about the legislative redistricting process that will follow it in 2021. For the most part, mapmaking for political jurisdictions has been controlled by legislators since the first one one was established.  It has been viewed a basic political right. Computerization of voter and demogr...