Editing Taos, New Mexico (section)

==Government==
[[File:Taos, NM, emblem Picture 1999.jpg|thumb|Taos emblem]]
[[File:Taos New Mexico Town Hall.jpg|thumb|Taos Town Hall]]
The town of Taos is incorporated under the mayor-council form of government. The town was incorporated on May&nbsp;7, 1934.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sterlingcodifiers.com/codebook/index.php?book_id=602 |title=Chapter 3.12 Form of Government |publisher=Sterling Codifiers, Inc. |access-date=June 4, 2011}}</ref> The town seal is a logo of the town of Taos with the year of incorporation "1934" in the center, and on the outer edge, the words "Town of Taos, New Mexico".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sterlingcodifiers.com/codebook/index.php?book_id=602 |title=Chapter 3.16 Town Seal |publisher=Sterling Codifiers, Inc. |access-date=June 4, 2011}}</ref>

The elective officers of the town include the mayor, four members of the governing body forming the town council, and a municipal judge.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sterlingcodifiers.com/codebook/index.php?book_id=602 |title=Chapter 3.20.010 Elective Officers of Town (Ord. 98-2 § 1, 1998: prior code § 2-2) |publisher=Sterling Codifiers, Inc. |access-date=June 4, 2011}}</ref> The town council is the board of finance of the town. The town manager and finance director serve as the nonvoting members to the board of finance.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sterlingcodifiers.com/codebook/index.php?book_id=602|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711045946/http://www.sterlingcodifiers.com/codebook/index.php?book_id=602|url-status=dead |title=Chapter 3.24 Town Finance |publisher=Sterling Codifiers, Inc. |access-date=June 4, 2011| archive-date=July 11, 2011 }}</ref> Key positions within the town government are town manager, appointed by the mayor, Town Attorney, Town Clerk, Town Engineer and Chief of Police.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sterlingcodifiers.com/codebook/index.php?book_id=602 |title=Town of Taos |publisher=Sterling Codifiers, Inc. |pages=3.36, 3.40, 3.44, 3.52, 3.56 |access-date=June 4, 2011}}</ref>

{{As of|2022|April}} the town officers were:
* Mayor: Pascual Maestas; term from April 2022 to March 2026<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |author=Staff report |title=New Taos mayor, councilors, re-elected municipal judge take office |url=https://www.taosnews.com/news/politics/elections/new-taos-mayor-councilors-re-elected-municipal-judge-take-office/article_152def18-b210-11ec-a519-4b15bcea5401.html |access-date=December 20, 2022 |website=The Taos News |date=April 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
* Town council members: Nathaniel Evans,  Marietta Fambro, Darian Fernandez, and  Corilia Ortega.<ref name=":0" />

Taos is predominantly made up of Democrats; in 2008, approximately 74% of registered Taos County voters were Democrats, 13% were Republicans and about 13% identified with other parties or declined to affiliate with a party.<ref>{{dead link | date = October 2022}} {{cite news |url=http://www.taosnews.com/articles/2008/10/26/news/doc48cd47f69fc6a039269745.txt |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130204035959/http://www.taosnews.com/articles/2008/10/26/news/doc48cd47f69fc6a039269745.txt |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 4, 2013 |title=Taos County Republicans Open Local Campaign Headquarters |author=Chambers, P. |date=September 14, 2008 |newspaper=The Taos News |access-date=June 4, 2011 }}</ref>