0001|                   SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 103
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0002|     42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION,
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0003|     1996
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0004|                         INTRODUCED BY
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0005|                          GLORIA HOWES
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0011|                        A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0012|     REQUESTING THE SECRETARY OF STATE, THE COUNTY CLERKS AND THE
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0013|     TRIBAL ELECTION OFFICES AND TRIBAL CENSUS OFFICES TO COOPERATE
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0014|     IN VOTER REGISTRATION.
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0016|       WHEREAS, the New Mexico association of Native American
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0017|     election information programs' main objective is to educate
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0018|     Native Americans in the election process according to the United
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0019|     States constitution and the constitution of New Mexico; and
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0020|       WHEREAS, the New Mexico association of Native American
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0021|     election information programs is organized to operate for the
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0022|     enhancement, improvement and delivery of the electoral process
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0023|     to Navajo chapters and the Jicarilla, Mescalero and pueblo
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0024|     communities; and
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0025|       WHEREAS, there are many thousands of Native American men
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0001|     and women who are eligible to vote in New Mexico who should be
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0002|     registered in compliance with federal, state and county laws;
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0003|     and
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0004|       WHEREAS, the right to vote is a valuable right, and it is
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0005|     essential that Native Americans exercise their right to vote and
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0006|     become educated in the electoral processes of the federal, state
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0007|     and local governments; and
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0008|       WHEREAS, the state and tribal governments have worked
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0009|     jointly to enhance and strengthen the government-to-government
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0010|     relationship between their respective governments;
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0011|       NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0012|     STATE OF NEW MEXICO that it request the county clerks of
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0013|     Sandoval, McKinley, San Juan, Bernalillo, Socorro, Cibola, Santa
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0014|     Fe, Rio Arriba and Otero counties to network with the secretary
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0015|     of state, the nineteen pueblo tribes, the Navajo election
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0016|     administration and the Jicarilla and Mescalero Apache tribes to
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0017|     augment voter registration and awareness; and
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0018|       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the secretary of state, the
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0019|     county clerks in the aforementioned counties and the tribal
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0020|     election offices and the tribal census offices cooperate in
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0021|     voter registration; and
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0022|       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the aforementioned parties work
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0023|     cohesively to maximize voter registration and voter
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0024|     participation in the election process or as contained in the
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0025|     mission of the New Mexico association of Native American
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0001|     election information programs; and
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0002|       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0003|     transmitted to the secretary of state for distribution to the
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0004|     appropriate agencies.
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