House Joint Memorial 10 requests the Higher Education Department of New Mexico to conduct a study on strategies to promote lifelong voting among students in public schools, colleges, and universities. The memorial highlights the importance of automatic voter registration and its potential to remove barriers for eligible voters, particularly among younger demographics who historically vote at lower rates. It emphasizes the role of educational institutions in fostering civic engagement and encourages the development of voter registration programs that can enhance participation in democracy.

Furthermore, the memorial calls for the Higher Education Department to collaborate with political scientists to explore effective means of encouraging high school and higher education students to engage in voting. The findings from this study are intended to inform a legislative proposal aimed at improving youth voter turnout. Copies of the memorial will be sent to relevant state officials, including the secretaries of public education, higher education, and state.