This was a banner week in the state for progress on sticky issues. The 2025 New Mexico Redistricting Task Force began meetings on August 4, and the State of New Mexico Child Advocate Selection Committee met on Aug. 5.

Both efforts are crucial to right vast wrongs in our state. The 2025 Redistricting Task Force will again address independent redistricting to minimize gerrymandering and ensure the “one person, one vote” principles of the Voting Rights Act are finally brought to bear in our elections. The Child Advocate Selection Committee will vet candidates to fill a six-year term in the Attorney General’s Office to lead an office responsible for responding and investigating complaints on behalf of children in state custody or families interacting with the state’s Child Youth and Families

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