Map of New Mexico Congressional District 2
Disputed map of New Mexico Congressional District 2, with redistricted boundaries in purple. Source: New Mexico Secretary of State

Stuff you need to know, 9.29.23

“Political map trial ends with more evidence still on the way”
by Austin Fisher, Source NM
September 29, 2023

Redistricting experts on opposing sides disagreed at the trial in New Mexico’s Ninth Judicial District Court that concluded yesterday over the partisan fairness of congressional district map approved by the state legislature in 2021. The judge will rule on the constitutionality of the map on October 6, with the plaintiff state Republican Party promising to deliver before then more evidence of the legislature’s intent to create a gerrymander in New Mexico’s Second Congressional District, which includes Sierra County.

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Diana Tittle
Diana Tittle

Diana Tittle, a member of the board of Sierra County Public-Interest Journalism Project, was the editor of the Sierra County Sun, the Citizen's precursor. A former resident of Truth or Consequences who now lives part-time in northern New Mexico, she spent her 42-year professional career in Cleveland, Ohio, where she worked as a newspaper reporter, magazine writer and editor, book author and publisher and publishing consultant. She is the recipient of a Cleveland Arts Prize for Literature.

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