Antonio MAESTAS and Brian Franklin Egolf, Jr., members of the New Mexico House of Representatives, and June Lorenzo, Alvin Warren, Eloise Gift and Henry Ochoa, Petitioners,
v.
Hon. James A. HALL, District Judge Pro Tempore of the First Judicial District Court, Respondent, and
Susana Martinez, in her capacity as Governor of New Mexico, et al., Real Parties in Interest, and
Maurilio Castro, Brian Franklin Egolf, Jr., Mel Holguin, Hakim Bellamy and Roxane Spruce Bly, Pueblo of Laguna, Pueblo of Acoma, Jicarilla Apache Nation, Pueblo of Zuni, Pueblo of Santa Ana, Pueblo of Isleta, Richard Luarkie, Harry A. Antonio, Jr., David F. Garcia, Levi Pesata and Leon Reval, Navajo Nation, Lorenzo Bates, Duane H. Yazzie, Rodger Martinez, Kimmeth Yazzie and Angela Barney Nez, Intervenors.
Timothy Z. Jennings, in his official capacity as President Pro Tempore of the New Mexico Senate, and Ben Lujan, Sr., in his official capacity as Speaker of the New Mexico House of Representatives, Petitioners,
v.
The New Mexico Court of Appeals, Respondent, and
Dianna J. Duran, in her official capacity as New Mexico Secretary of State, Susana Martinez, in her capacity as New Mexico Governor, and John A. Sanchez in his official capacity as New Mexico Lieutenant Governor and presiding officer of the New Mexico Senate, Real Parties in Interest, and
Jonathan Sena, Don Bratton, Carroll Leavell, Gay Kernan, Conrad James, Devon Day, Marge Teague, Monica Youngblood, Judy McKinney, John Ryan, Maurilio Castro, Brian F. Egolf, Jr., Mel Holguin, Hakim Bellamy and Roxane Spruce Bly, Pueblo of Laguna, Pueblo of Acoma, Jicarilla Apache Nation, Pueblo of Zuni, Pueblo of Santa Ana, Pueblo of Isleta, Richard Luarkie, Harry A. Antonio, Jr., David F. Garcia, Levi Pesata and Leon Reval, Navajo Nation, Lorenzo Bates, Duane H. Yazzie, Rodger Martinez, Kimmeth Yazzie and Angela Barney Nez, Intervenors.
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Modrall, Sperling, Roehl, Harris & Sisk, P.A., Patrick J. Rogers , Albuquerque, NM, Scott & Kienzle, P.A., Duncan Scott , Paul M. Kienzle, III , Albuquerque, NM, for Intervenors Jonathan Sena, Don Bratton, Carroll Leavell, and Gay Kernan.
Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb, P.A., Henry M. Bohnhoff , Albuquerque, NM, Saucedo Chavez, P.C., Christopher Saucedo , Iris L. Marshall , Albuquerque, NM, David A. Garcia, L.L.C., David A. Garcia , Albuquerque, NM, for Intervenors Conrad James, Devon Day, Marge Teague, Monica Youngblood, Judy McKinney and John Ryan.
Nordhaus Law Firm, L.L.P., Teresa Isabel Leger , Cynthia Kiersnowski , Santa Fe, NM, Casey Douma, Laguna, NM, for Intervenors Pueblo of Laguna, Pueblo of Acoma, Jicarilla Apache Nation, Pueblo of Zuni, Pueblo of Santa Ana, Pueblo of Isleta, Richard Luarkie, Harry A. Antonio, Jr., David F. Garcia, Levi Pesata and Leon Reval.
Wiggins, Williams & Wiggins, P.C., Patricia G. Williams , Jenny Dumas , Albuquerque, NM, Dana Lee Bobroff , Window Rock, AZ, for Intervenors Navajo Nation, Lorenzo Bates, Duane H. Yazzie, Rodger Martinez, Kimmeth Yazzie and Angela Barney Nez.
Supreme Court of New Mexico.
OPINION
CHÁVEZ, Justice.
{1} One of the most precious personal rights in a free society is the right to vote for the candidate of one's choice. Wesberry v. Sanders,376 U.S. 1, 17, 84 S.Ct. 526, 11 L.Ed.2d 481 (1964). The right to vote is the essence of our country's democracy, and therefore the dilution of that right strikes at the heart of representative government. The idea that every voter must...
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