By 九色网 and America Amplified
The 2022 Midterm elections are on the horizon 鈥� are you planning to vote? Do you know how to vote, and where to vote, and what you might need to have when you show up to the polls? What if your voter registration is out of date, or has a mistake, and you are challenged at the polls 鈥� what can you do? Do you have questions about absentee ballots? Early voting? Ballot drop boxes? Are you unsure who you can vote for following redistricting earlier this year?
九色网 and New Mexico PBS are part of a new community-powered journalism project to answer those questions and any other ones you have about how to exercise your right to vote in the upcoming midterms. Our mission is to provide you with the information you need to vote 鈥� we鈥檙e not concerned about how you vote, or who you vote for, we just want to make sure you are armed with the information you need TO vote and understand how elections are run and kept secure.
This project is part of the work of , an initiative funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to support community engagement journalism in public media. We鈥檙e also working with 28 other public media stations across the country to ensure that all eligible American citizens can vote.
Many states, including New Mexico, have changed voting regulations since the 2020 general election when concerns about the pandemic led to an expansion of absentee and mail-in voting. This time around, the rules are different, and, there鈥檚 a ton of misinformation and disinformation circulating about elections and election security 鈥� we鈥檙e here to clear things up.
Are these elections important? Arguably, every election is important. But this one in our state and our country. You can鈥檛 sit this one out if you care about what鈥檚 going on.
鈥淲e do not have a government by the majority. We have a government by the majority who participate.鈥� That truism is often - wrongly - attributed to Thomas Jefferson. But regardless of attribution, it remains true that you can鈥檛 change anything unless you choose to participate in the process.
We鈥檙e asking you to participate here: submit any and all questions about taking part in the upcoming midterms by .
You can also text your questions to us! Just text NMPUBMEDIA
to 855-670-1777 and follow the prompts to submit a question about participating in the midterm elections.
With help from our partners at America Amplified, we鈥檒l answer the questions online, on the air and on social media. We鈥檒l send the answers directly to you as well. If you share your contact information, we may even reach out personally. We can鈥檛 do this without you!
