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New Mexico, you can make your voices heard! 🗣

You may have seen that Think New Mexico released our 2027 policy report: The Next Step for a Modernizing Legislature. We ask that you contact your elected officials and urge them to support our policy recommendations for enhancing legislative ethics in New Mexico!

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New Mexico has a unique opportunity to modernize our legislature by adopting an amendment to pay our legislators a salary. But, shouldn't elevated ethics requirements be part of the conversation? 🤔

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Watch if you're concerned about dark money in YOUR politics! 🫵

We are excited to unveil the following recommendations for dark money and advocacy groups.

Reform 1: True Source Financial Disclsoure ✅
Reform 2: Closing Loopholes for Out-of-State Groups ✅
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#ATTENTION: We have a mascot! 🙌 We are so excited #ATTENTION: We have a mascot! 🙌

We are so excited to introduce "Thinking Tim", a Roadrunner, to the Think New Mexico team! As the state bird, we believe that Tim represents New Mexico and its enormous potential! 💙💙

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1. Must comment on EACH video during the online campaign with your guesses. 
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3: The individual who guesses the correct amount of times (or the closest guess) they've sighted Tim in our videos, wins!
New Mexico, you can make your voices heard! 🗣 You New Mexico, you can make your voices heard! 🗣

You may have seen that Think New Mexico  released our 2027 policy report: The Next Step for a Modernizing Legislature. We ask that you contact your elected officials and urge them to support our policy recommendations for enhancing legislative ethics in New Mexico! 

Click the link in our bio to get started!
New Mexico has a unique opportunity to modernize o New Mexico has a unique opportunity to modernize our legislature by adopting an amendment to pay our legislators a salary. But, shouldn't elevated ethics requirements be part of the conversation? 🤔

Tap the video learn more! 🤳

Our new report on "The Next Step for a Modernizing Legislature" is now available on our website. If you would like a physical copy, drop a comment and we will mail you one!
Watch if you're concerned about dark money in YOUR Watch if you're concerned about dark money in YOUR politics! 🫵

We are excited to unveil the following recommendations for dark money and advocacy groups. 

Reform 1: True Source Financial Disclsoure ✅
Reform 2: Closing Loopholes for Out-of-State Groups ✅
Reform 3:  Protecting Constituient Advocacy ✅

Our new report with these recommendations (and more) is now available on our website. If you would like a physical copy, drop a comment and we will mail you one! 📬
Click the link in our bio to read the full story!! Click the link in our bio to read the full story!!👍👍
Meet Cody the Coyote🦊! He's a lobbyist here in New Meet Cody the Coyote🦊! He's a lobbyist here in New Mexico! Here's what we know and DON'T KNOW about his lobbying efforts. ⛔️

We are excited to unveil the following recommendations for lobbyists. You deseve to know how lobbyists are influencing our state! 🫵

Reform 1: Close gaps in financial disclsoures ✅
Reform 2: Require disclosure of bills and positions ✅
Reform 3: Increasing reporting frequency ✅

Our new report with these recommendations (and more) is now available on our website. If you would like a physical copy, drop a comment and we will mail you one! 📬
Trust in government is going DOWN!⬇️⬇️ So, it's ti Trust in government is going DOWN!⬇️⬇️ So, it's time to bring our standard of ethics UP!!⬆️⬆️

You can also read the full article in the Santa Fe New Mexican! @sfnewmexican 

Tell your legislators and the candidates you plan to vote for this election cycle that its time for ethics reform!!📢📢

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#NEW: Both gubernatorial candidates support increa #NEW: Both gubernatorial candidates support increasing lobbyist transparency!! 🙌
 
Election day is less than a month away! Ask your elected officials and the candidates you plan to vote for this election cycle if they support ethics reform!!✅✅
📢RECOMMENDATIONS INCOMING📢 In our experience, leg 📢RECOMMENDATIONS INCOMING📢

In our experience, legislators go above and beyond the requirements by disclosing and requesting to recuse themselves when there's a potential conflict of interest. But there's still more we can do! 

We are excited to unveil the following recommendations for legislators to bring our ethics laws more in line with other states around the country: 

Reform 1: Recusal ✅
Reform 2: Real-time disclosure ✅
Reform 3: Better Annual Financial Disclosure ✅

Our new report with these recommendations (and more) is now available on our website. If you would like a physical copy, drop a comment and we will mail you one! 📬
New Mexico, it's time we bring greater transparenc New Mexico, it's time we bring greater transparency to our lawmaking process!!⏳⏰

We appreciate the @nmindepth coverage of our proposed ethics reforms!💙💙

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“When you’re a pollster like myself, and you see 8 “When you’re a pollster like myself, and you see 84% of the population supporting a particular issue, that’s not common,” Dr. Gabe Sanchez, BSP Research📢📢

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Our new report includes reforms to strengthen the ethics laws that apply to legislators, lobbyists, and dark money groups, bringing more transparency to the legislative process.
#NEW: 64% of New Mexicans support adopting Constit #NEW: 64% of New Mexicans support adopting Constitutional Amendment 4 to pay legislators a salary, ONLY IF it is connected to mandatory ethics requirements for legislators. 🏛️⚖️

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@thinknewmexico ·
9 Oct

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@thinknewmexico ·
7 Oct

Trust in government is going DOWN!⬇️⬇️ So, it's time to bring our standard of ethics UP!!⬆️⬆️

You can also read the full article in the Santa Fe New Mexican! @sfnewmexican

Tell the candidates you plan to vote for this election cycle that its time for ethics reform!!📢📢

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@thinknewmexico ·
6 Oct

#NEW: Both gubernatorial candidates support increasing lobbyist transparency!! 🙌

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2 Oct

New Mexico, it's time we bring greater transparency to our lawmaking process!!⏳⏰

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To find out more about why we need reform, click the link in our bio and read the full story!👏

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