Proponents, election officers celebrate the half -forests in New Mexico

“With more participation, we receive better shammer results,” said Foreign Minister of New Mexico, Maggie Toulouse Oliver. Austin Fisher/Source Nm

Foreign Minister is looking forward to “incredibly participative primary school” in 2026

Many young Americans and New Mexicans are annoyed with the political system and are increasingly left and frustrated by both major political parties, says James Hernandez, President of the Democrats of the University of New Mexico College.

Since more young people in New Mexico identify themselves as an independent and believe that neither the democratic nor the Republican parties represent their views, the guarantee of all new Mexicans, regardless of their political affiliation, can take part in state primary elections, Hernandez, Hernandez said more importantly.

“Regardless of whether you are a student who decides to become independent who does not want to register with the Great Political Party, whether you are an independent New Mexican who is fed up with the political system, you have the right to participate in our principles,” he said.

A new state law, Senate Bill 16, ensures that the right, Hernandez, a small group of lawyers and election officers told who gathered outside the state captain on Wednesday to celebrate their entry into force at the beginning of this month. Next year they say that they will inform the public about the change.

Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed on April 7, SB16 after almost seven years of public education and legislative. In the past three years, she said, more than 20 local organizations have joined the efforts to exist.

At the moment, independent or non-associated voters can use registration on the same day for the surveys for primary elections, register with one of the large parties and then coordinate in these primary elections. This option has also only been available since 2022 after a change in law 2020. Now independent people don’t have to do this to take part.

“You just decide:” I want a Republican ballot, or I want a democratic ballot “while you maintain your non -connected status or state status,” said Hernandez.

Ultimately, AVCIL allows the new law to be admitted to participation more than 330,000 registered voters who were not involved with the parties, and makes New Mexico the second state in US history in order to issue semi-open primaries in which independent voters can take part in the primary school of their choice, while the voters who are registered with a large party can only be correct.

Michelle Kavanaugh, County Clerk Michelle Kavanaugh, said about the 424,000 registered voters in their district that over 100,000 of them “were excluded from part of the decision -making process”.

The old law created unnecessary obstacles to voters, additional work for survey workers and administrative burdens for district writers and the foreign minister, said Avcil.

“This is not just politics, but progress, and volumes speaks about what is possible when we get together and fight for more fairer and integrative democracy,” she said.

Rep. Christina Parajón (D-Albuquerque), who spent SB16 and wore in the House of Representatives, said the new law marked a historical step for the right to vote for young people and veterans.

Parajón said the supporters who contributed to enacting it were obliged to do so because American democracy was an ongoing project.

“This is not just about parties, but also about rights and the increasing participation of the voters,” said Parajón. “Our dream is that with a legislation we lead the nation in voter participation, in the voter participation of young people and to participate in veterans voters. We dream that all voices can be heard in our multicultural state.”

Kavanaugh said that there are further fights to keep the elections open. For example, republican legislators consider a proposal in neighboring Arizona that would force voters to hand over their ballot papers on voting areas of the neighborhood, to give the voters registered with 1,000 registered voters and not more flexible voting centers.

The Foreign Minister of New Mexico, Maggie Toulouse Oliver, said that she rejected the idea of ​​more open primaries, but changed her opinion because she worked as the employee of the Bernalillo district, she saw her employees and election workers who distracted people from the surveys.

“With more participation, we achieve better election results,” said Toulouse Oliver. “We will have selected civil servants who look like us, how we feel. It is a very challenging time in our country, and if we have this Bill passport to celebrate and show that our state is going forward, and we have an incredibly participatory primary school in 2026, is very exciting news that we all need.”

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