*The information on this page was taken from the non-partisan Better Together New Mexico Referendum Project page. This page contains the petition links for Taos County only. All across our beautiful state, Democrats and Republicans are coming together to stand against the legislative wrongs just passed and signed into law by the governor. It is time that we stand up for our constitutional right of referendum.

Should the few in our New Mexico Legislature have the right to make major, life-changing decisions for all of us across the state?

We the People of New Mexico are exercising the rights afforded to us in the New Mexico Constitution and are saying, “NO!” to some horrible bills that were just passed in this last legislative session. We have 90 days* from the end of the last session to protest these bills in the most effective way. If we can get 25% of the number of people who voted in the last election to sign referendum petitions against these bills, then these bills will be paused (not enacted) until the 2024 general election when they will show up on the ballot to receive a public vote. This obligates us in Taos County to gather 3,348 legal signatures from qualified electors before the bills become law on June 16th. 

*We have far less time because the state actively worked against us to delay our start time. But that’s okay! We just have to work faster, smarter, and harder!

June 16th is when these bills will become law if we’re unable to stop them. We cannot wait until the 16th to get our bills to the Referendum Project.

June 5th is the deadline for mailing petitions to:

• Referendum Project
  P.O. Box 3188, Roswell, NM 88202

There are six bills that we will be signing and gathering signatures for. Each of these INDIVIDUAL petitions MUST only be signed once per person! Signing a petition for referendum more than once is a felony offense, so make this point strongly to everyone you ask to sign.

Click here to read up on HB4 so you are prepared to answer questions.

Click here to read up on HB7 so you are prepared to answer questions.

Click here to read up on SB397 so you are prepared to answer questions.

Click here to read up on SB13 so you are prepared to answer questions.

Click here to read up on SB180 so you are prepared to answer questions.

Click here to read up on HB207 so you are prepared to answer questions.

If we could just get 30 people out to gather signatures in Taos County, each person would only need to get 112 signatures! Have you ever wanted to leave your mark on history? This is the peaceful revolution you’ve been waiting for. This is a real shot at making a difference. Don’t miss your chance to be a part of this historic effort that will lead to We the People taking back our God-given rights.

These bills are not anti-Republican; they are anti-American. Please involve every New Mexican you know in this fight for our freedom!

Please let your people know that they may sign each of these petitions without showing up in person. This may be necessary for some who are going out of town in May. All they will need to do is print, sign, verify (on the back of the page), and mail the petitions to the P.O. Box by the deadline. Please make it clear to everyone that electronic signatures are NOT legal signatures for these petitions. They must put pen to paper. 

Referendum Project
P.O. Box 3188, Roswell, NM 88202

If you are printing the petition pages in order to sign them for yourself, you might as well talk to your friends and family to ask them to sign as well!

In order to legally sign our 6 Taos County petitions, the signer must be a qualified elector. This simply means that the signer is at least 18 years old and is a resident of Taos County. The signer does not have to be a registered voter, but because our goal is to get these bills on the 2024 ballot where voters can vote against them (or for them, depending on how the issue is ultimately phrased – it will inevitably be confusing) it is important to ask all unregistered signers to please register to vote. If they choose not to, their ID will be required. If they are registered to vote, it is important that the address they put on the “post-office” line be the address at which they are registered. Note: signers will also need to know their precinct # or have someone look up that information for them.

(You do not need to be a voter registration agent to walk someone through the online process of registering.)

Look up voter information including precinct #.

Hand these resources to people in line to sign, or display copies on your table:

Below is an example of a signature line on a petition. As you can see, it would be difficult to make out my name by looking at my signature on line #1. To keep my signature from being thrown out, I could choose to sign in a way that is readable (or even simply print my name), or I could do what I’ve done on line #2 (include my printed name above my signature). I’ve used an electronic signature for this example only; e-signatures are not valid on these petitions.

If altered in even a small way, these petitions will become invalid. Therefore, we cannot add a separate line for “printed name.” We have to make do with what the State requires. Each signature will be matched to the address provided. If the name is not legible, it will not count toward our numbers.

The other information being asked for is my physical address, my ZIP code, and my precinct #.

We will have tables set up throughout the month of May where people can come to sign the petitions, so please check back often for locations. If you don’t want to wait for a table, or if you want to set up a table of your own, go for it! All the information you need to be successful is right here on this page. If you do set

(Again, I cannot stress this enough, only one signature per person per petition!) In order for a table to be proper and legal, the bills in question must be posted in their entirety. PDF versions are provided below for printing. So that everyone can “take a copy home,” we’ve been provided with a page of QR codes to put on the front of our Binder of Bad Bills. This binder will involve a lot of printing considering one of the bills is 178 pages long!

Many of the referendum tables are choosing to display/hand out NM Constitutions. If you do not have NM Constitutions, you may choose to display/hand out the sections that allow We the People to take the course of action we are taking.

Check back throughout the month of May for dates and locations of referendum tables!

Thank you for being part of this historic fight to preserve the soul of our state!

Please take a moment to let us know you’ve signed.

Sarah Valente Taos County Referendum Captain – 575-377-5135

Nickie McCarty Taos County Referendum Captain – 575-770-7838

Please share the Better Together page across New Mexico and this page across Taos County! Together, we can do this!