Amendment 4 campaign kicks off Las Cruces canvass as new poll shows 39% support
Vote for Change launched its Amendment 4 canvassing effort in Las Cruces as an Albuquerque Journal poll showed 39% support, 21% opposition and 34% undecided.
Vote for Change says more than 45 volunteers knocked over 500 doors as the campaign begins statewide outreach ahead of the Nov. 3 election
Damien Willis, Organ Mountain News
LAS CRUCES - A campaign supporting Constitutional Amendment 4 kicked off a statewide voter outreach effort in Las Cruces over the weekend as a new poll showed the ballot measure with more support than opposition but a large share of voters still undecided.
Vote for Change said more than 45 volunteers participated in its Community Voices Tour kickoff Saturday, Sept. 5, knocking on more than 500 doors across Las Cruces after campaign education and training with NM Comunidades en AcciĂłn y de Fe.
The group is campaigning for Amendment 4, which would amend the state constitution to allow legislators to receive compensation tied to New Mexico’s median household income. The measure would require compensation to fall if median household income falls and would allow increases only if median household income rises. The Legislature approved the proposed constitutional amendment during the 2026 session.
“Southern New Mexicans know what their communities need because they live these challenges every day,” NM CAFé Executive Director Sylvia Ulloa said in a campaign statement. “Amendment 4 is about making sure more everyday people can have their voices heard in our Legislature.”
Vote for Change also pointed Saturday to an Albuquerque Journal poll showing 39% of respondents planned to vote yes on Amendment 4, compared with 21% who planned to vote no. Another 34% were undecided and 6% said their decision depended on additional factors, according to figures released by the campaign from the Journal poll.
The poll was conducted Aug. 21-28 among 516 voters who cast ballots in the 2022 and/or 2024 general elections, along with adults who registered since January 2025 and said they were likely to vote in the upcoming election. The reported margin of error was plus or minus 4.3 percentage points.
Vote for Change campaign manager Eli Cuna said the number of undecided voters would shape the group’s outreach over the next two months.
“The poll also shows us that a lot of voters are undecided on the issue, which makes our focus clear,” Cuna said in a statement.
The Las Cruces event was the first stop on a statewide Community Voices Tour. Additional events are planned in Farmington, Hobbs, Roswell, Santa Fe and Albuquerque through Sept. 24.
The proposed amendment would not take effect immediately if approved. The constitutional language approved by lawmakers provides for compensation beginning with members seated and sworn in for the 59th Legislature.
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