In New Mexico, only 45% of the adults are registered to vote.
On the best of election days, at most, 20% of the registered voters bother to
cast their vote. So, out of the 9% of New Mexican adults who attempt to select
office holders, only 5% at best, choose the winning candidates?
In New Mexico, neither the Sierra Club nor ACORN endorse third
party candidates. I believe that those so-called "Democrats" are taking
a stand that they want New Mexico's political system to be continued so that 55%
of the adults are ignored.
Why
Progressive New Mexico?
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Outside of Bernalillo and Santa Fe Counties, the Green Party is too small to have
any clout.
* Within Benalillo
and Santa Fe Counties the Green Party is too disorganized to have much clout.
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New Mexico is such a conservative state that Danny Hernandez' survey found that
any Albuquerque candidate found to be endorsed by an organization with the word
"progressive" in the name would only hurt that candidate at the polls.
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In 1998, when I ran for Congress and needed to collect a lot of signatures, I
was amazed how many people didn't know anything about the Green Party and needed
an explaination.
* Many New
Mexicans I talked with respected the Green Party platform, but they came from
conservative families who wouldn't tolerate their abandoning the Democratic Party.
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With New Mexico's sparse population we need a more encompassing organization to
get enough involved members who gets make a difference and get things done.
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We'll concentrate on a progressive agenda for economic development for New Mexico.
With New Mexico's sparse population we need a more encompassing
organization to get enough involved members who gets make a difference and get
things done.
If you're a member of the Green Party, the Labor Party, the
New Party, the Socialist Party, a more enlightened member of the Democratic Party,
an independent, or a non-voter; we'd love to have you join us.
Teachers
New Mexico needs 1,600 new teachers each year for the next ten
years. - Raymond Sanchez, Speaker of the New
Mexico House of Representatives
Progressive
Agenda - New Mexico
Reflective paint should be used on all streets and highways
in New Mexico.
Publicly funded healthcare for citizens of New Mexico.
To establish true representational government and to increase
the percentage of registered New Mexico voters from 45% to 95%, as in Finland,
we propose a 3-part legislative bill initiating Proportional Representation, Instant
Runoff Voting, and Fusion Candidates.
Registered New Mexico voters should be able to place Initiatives
on any ballot regarding local or State issues.
New Mexico shall be a nuclear free zone.
All electrical needs of State owned or runned facilities to
be independent from the grid by 2010 and operated solely by an Energy Department
of the New Mexico State Government.
Main focus of New Mexico National Guard should be to provide
emergency assistance and public services.
Storm shelters for trailer parks.
The 5 percent of the New Mexico state population requirement
for a political party to maintain major party status could also result from other
than statewide elections, just as long as the minimum number of votes for any
of that party's candidates has been cast.
Decriminalize the consumption and personal production of marijuana.
Our definition of "economic development" includes
cooperative housing and cooperative utilities.
Progressive New Mexico
In New Mexico, only 45% of the adults are registered to vote.
On the best of election days, at most, 20% of the registered voters bother to
cast their vote. So, out of the 9% of New Mexican adults who attempt to select
office holders, only 5% at best, choose the winning candidates?
With New Mexico's sparse population we need a more encompassing
organization to get enough involved members who gets make a difference and get
things done.
