{"id":13553,"date":"2018-10-12T12:18:58","date_gmt":"2018-10-12T19:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=13553"},"modified":"2020-06-02T09:47:22","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T16:47:22","slug":"ethics-commission-amendment-on-the-ballot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/ethics-commission-amendment-on-the-ballot\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethics Commission Amendment On The Ballot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"850\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UbwloNcBfXw\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>October 12, 2018 \u2013 This election, voters are being asked to approve the proposed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sos.state.nm.us\/uploads\/files\/2018%20Voter%20Guide%20English%20FINAL.pdf\">Constitutional Amendment 2<\/a>, which would create an independent statewide ethics commission. But what exactly will the commission do?<\/p>\n<p>Correspondent Gwyneth Doland sits down with three experts to explain the ins and outs of the proposal and the next steps should the amendment pass.<\/p>\n<p>The next meeting of the ethics commission working group is Oct. 18 in the rotunda at the UNM Science &amp; Technology Park.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Guests:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Heather Ferguson, executive director of <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/new-mexico\/\">Common Cause New Mexico<\/a><br \/>\n<\/u>Trip Jennings, executive director of <u><a href=\"http:\/\/nmindepth.com\/\">New Mexico in Depth<\/a><br \/>\n<\/u>Kathleen Sabo, executive director of <u><a href=\"http:\/\/nmethicswatch.org\/\">New Mexico Ethics Watch<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Further Reading:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abqjournal.com\/1229593\/ethics-watchdog-gives-new-mexico-low-marks.html\">Ethics watchdog gives New Mexico low marks<\/a>\u2014<em>Associated Press<br \/>\n<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicintegrity.org\/2015\/11\/09\/18472\/new-mexico-gets-d-grade-2015-state-integrity-investigation\">New Mexico gets D- grade in 2015 State Integrity Investigation<\/a>\u2014<em>Center for Public Integrity<br \/>\n<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/nmindepth.com\/2018\/09\/27\/lawmakers-get-started-on-ethics-commission-enabling-legislation\/\">Lawmakers get started on ethics commission enabling legislation<\/a>\u2014<em>New Mexico in Depth<br \/>\n<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/new-mexico\/our-work\/create-ethical-open-government\/independent-state-ethics-commission\/\">Create an Independent State Ethics Commission<\/a>\u2014<em>Common Cause NM<br \/>\n<\/em>Watch: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=E7cZe3TIWwc\">NMIF\u2019s The Line discusses the ethics commission<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/nmethicswatch.org\">NM Ethics Watch<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 12, 2018 \u2013 This election, voters are being asked to approve the proposed Constitutional Amendment 2, which would create an independent statewide ethics commission. 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