Civil Rights

Join an indoor rally in support of the NM Voting Rights Act (HB 4) at the Roundhouse.

Improving access to the ballot for Native Americans and persons who were formerly incarcerated are among the key provisions.

With a new round of redistricting set to take place, states like New Mexico have a chance to end a practice that has long distorted our democracy.

Juneteenth, commemorating the end of slavery in the US, is now a federal holiday, and we urge you to celebrate and reflect on racial justice.

The Supreme Court requires state- and local governments to update their electoral districts once per decade to ensure that each district contains the same population, which gives each resident equal representation in government. However, the U.S. Census Bureau counts people where they are incarcerated, not where they are from, so when jurisdictions rely on raw Census data which does not reflect their real populations, democracy suffers.