Donate to Common Cause's ABQ Effort to Get the Open and Ethical Elections Code Referendum Passed 10/4

Editor's Note: Max Brix, Executive Director of Common Cause New Mexico, will be the speaker at the next Third Thursday Meeting of the Democratic Party of Bernalillo County at 6:00 PM on August 18, 2005 in Room 2401 at UNM Law School -- an excellent opportunity to learn more about this effort and what we can do to help. Mr. Brix will also be addressing public financing for PRC elections and a judicial public financing bill from the 2005 legislative session.

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With the help of Common Cause New Mexico members and activists like you, we have successfully qualified the Open and Ethical Elections Code referendum for the October 4th citywide ballot in Albuquerque.¹ You know New Mexico's largest city no longer has limits on campaign spending.  You've read the recent stories about the skyrocketing costs of running a political campaign in Albuquerque.² We need to pass this referendum so that we can reverse this alarming trend, level the playing field to allow a greater number of candidates to run for office and restore power to the voters.    

That's why Common Cause New Mexico is working hard to take back Albuquerque by passing the Open and Ethical Elections Code referendum on October 4.  We've built a coalition, we are executing a campaign plan and we are putting our state and national resources into this campaign.  If the referendum passes in Albuquerque, we will have publicly financed elections for mayor and the City Council.  But, to make an aggressive push to take big money out of Duke City elections, we need your help!  In the next two weeks we need to raise $500 to design our campaign brochure and an additional $500 to print our first piece of campaign literature.  Help us raise $1,000 in the next two weeks so that we have the resources to get our message out to Albuquerque voters.

Your generous contribution will help fund the next step in this important battle to get big money out of Duke City elections.  Your contribution will also help us get the message out to potential coalition partners, activists, the media and to Albuquerque voters about leveling the playing field and giving ordinary citizens from diverse backgrounds a chance to run for office.

Our city officials are not elected to be responsive to special interest donors; they are elected to be responsive to their constituents.  We intend to make sure that is the case.  This aggressive campaign to take Albuquerque back is another step towards limiting the influence of money in New Mexico politics.  To be successful, we must actively engage voters with an effective piece of campaign literature.

Now is the time to level the playing field and restore power to Albuquerque voters!  Please support our effort with a contribution of $100, $50, $25, or more, or whatever you can afford to give.  Please help us raise our goal of $1,000 to get this campaign off to a good start.  Now is the time to support bringing elections back to the people of Albuquerque.

Thank you for all you do for democracy in New Mexico!

Sincerely,

Matt Brix, Executive Director
Common Cause New Mexico

¹ https://www.abqjournal.com/news/metro/373235metro07-20-05.htm

² https://www.abqtrib.com/albq/nw_local/article/0,2564,ALBQ_19858_3937654,00.html