SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) â New Mexico's new redistricting committee has rejected a rule proposed by its chairman to bar or require disclosure of members' conversations with non-members about maps for new congressional and legislative districts. Retired Supreme Court Justice Edward Chavez had included the proposal in his suggested package of rules for the committee and said it would provide transparency, the Albuquerque Journal reported. The proposed rule would have prohibited committee members from engaging in private communication with non-members about a proposed district plan or part of a plan. Any such communications that occur would have to be reported to the chairman and disclosed at the next public meeting.