This hybrid event is open to LWVSFC members and their guests, and to LWVNM members.
The event is not open to the public or to the press.
March 18, 2026, 12:00-1:30
St. John’s Methodist Church
Light Refreshments will be served.
ONME is a nonpartisan election observation organization, supported by the Carter Center, that works to strengthen trust and transparency in New Mexico’s elections. ONME began observing New Mexico elections in 2024. In 2025 ONME-trained observers monitored poll worker training, logic and accuracy testing, absentee ballot processing, the county canvass certification, early voting, and Election Day voting in 11 municipalities, home to 44% of New Mexicans. If you want to take a peek at their 2025 report draft, visit ONME Preliminary Findings, link below.
In 2026 the Carter Center (TCC) plans to carry out nonpartisan activities to support election integrity in Georgia, Nevada, Michigan, and Montana as well as New Mexico. TCC began its “Democracy Project” monitoring the post-election audit in Georgia in 2020.
During this event ONME representatives will discuss their work and findings from the most recent municipal elections in November 2025 as well as their plans for observing NM elections in 2026. Additionally, we are fortunate to have Sarah Cooper, from the Carter Center’s Democracy Project, zooming in for our discussion.
State efforts of the Carter Center’s Democracy Project include those linked below:
- Get involved with Observe New Mexico Elections: job openings and links to applications, ongoing
- Carter Center prepares for midterms as Trump calls to ‘nationalize’ elections, Feb 2026; link on page will go to a thirteen minute radio interview.
- Ford Presidential Foundation & Carter Center partner to launch Election Observation Network in Michigan, Feb 2026
- ONME rebuts the President’s claim of corrupt elections in New Mexico, Jan 2026
- ONME preliminary findings for New Mexico Muncipal Elections in November 2025
- Montana Elections Observation Initiative (MTEOI) 2024-2025, website
- MTEOI Affirms Montana’s Commitment to Accessible Vote-by-Mail Options, Aug 2025
This event has now passed.