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There was major enthusiasm about the Native American electorate’s potential role in the 2020 election outcome following a historic 2018 mid-term election where the importance of the Native American population as both voters and candidates reached unprecedented levels.

In the wake of the 2020 Election results there will be a lot of post-mortem analyses of Latino voters. What has become clear is that Latino voters were highly motivated to vote and were very focused on two critical policy issues. Just second to COVID-19...

A version of this story originally appeared in Brookings' How We Rise blog and was republished with permission from Brookings Institute. Gabriel Sanchez is a Professor of Political Science at The University of New Mexico, a Non-Resident Senior Fellow for...

There are only a few weeks left until Election Day in November but there is still time to register to vote and to get a mail-in ballot for those who prefer not to vote at a polling place. Student turnout has been on the rise nationwide and this year’s...

With the 2020 General Election on the horizon, New Mexico is among many states looking at how to continue developing free, fair, safe and secure election processes. “The public must perceive that voting is easy and accessible, while at the same time...

At its April meeting, The University of New Mexico Staff Council voted to proceed with precinct elections the week of May 4-8. The Staff Council’s Constitution and Bylaws require elections to be held in the spring semester each year. Voting will be held...

With the General Election less than a month away, there are dates and details on when and where Lobos can vote. Absentee voting begins on Tuesday, Oct. 9. That day is also the deadline to register to participate in the election. Early voting — in the...

On election night, Tuesday, Nov. 8, join KNME-TV, New Mexico PBS for trusted, in-depth, independent local and national coverage of the races and Issues important to New Mexicans, on two broadcast channels and streaming online.   Hosted by Gene Grant...

When you check your Twitter feed, do you assume there is a real person behind each Tweet that is posted or shared? After all, there is a name and a photo, so it must be a real person behind the words, right? Not so fast, say UNM researchers. Although...

Ann Ravel, the chair of the Federal Election Commission, an independent regulatory agency created to administer and enforce campaign finance laws in the U.S., speaks Friday, Sept. 18 at 11 a.m. at the Jackson Student Center in Anderson School of...