Issue Position: Ethics and Transparency

Issue Position

We've seen enough of corruption and bad government here in New Mexico. It's the job of our state legislature and next governor to rein in these problems.

As your State Representative, I sponsored the Public Corruption Act and the Elected Official Pension Forfeiture Act, which would take state pensions away from corrupt public officials.

I've sponsored legislation to fix an unconstitutional limitation on free speech that is currently contained within our Public Records Act, as well as legislation to bring needed transparency to our capital outlay process.

I've supported an independent ethics commission, which would investigate allegations of misconduct and corruption, holding all elected officials accountable to the public.

I support fair redistricting--through the establishment of an independent redistricting commission--so that voters choose their elected officials, and not the other way around.

I sponsored legislation to expand public financing for elections (which currently only covers candidates for the Public Regulation Commission and state-wide judgeships) to include candidates for secretary of state, because the state's top campaign finance enforcement official should not be raising money from the same system she's regulating.

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