gerrymandering
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Ohio Supreme Court Rejects Republican-drawn Legislative Maps For A Second Time
The Court has sent another deadline for new maps to be drawn no later than Feb. 17
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Federal Court Blocks Alabama GOP’s Racially Gerrymandered Voting Map
The proposed map by the republican GOP would have created just one majority-Black district out of seven.
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New Group Recruiting Young, Black Conservatives to Become Candidates
But will Run GenZ address Black voters’ real issues with the GOP?
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Texas Gets Sued for Gerrymandered New Voting Map
Justice Department says plan intentionally hurts Black voters
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Texas GOP Proposed Redistricting Map Would Reduce Black and Hispanic Majority Congressional Districts
Despite people of color making up 95 percent of the state’s growth over the last decade, Republicans are moving to diminish their voting power.
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House Passes John Lewis Voting Rights Bill, But It Will Face a Tough Fight in the Senate
The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act looks to restore parts of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that was struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2013.
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Republicans Don't Believe in Democracy (Duh!), Study Says
We really don’t need any scientific research to prove to us that Republicans do not care about democracy. Pretty much every Republican-controlled state has laws on the books that make it extremely difficult to vote and pretty much most of them cried fraud—falsely—when Donald Trump lost the 2020 election to Joe Biden. But having scientific…
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‘Conspicuously Deficient’: NAACP Challenges 2020 Census’ Ability to Count Communities of Color
The NAACP, in a lawsuit filed against the U.S. Census Bureau last Friday, is alleging the federal government is unprepared to accurately count America’s black residents—an issue that could result in political disenfranchisement and billions of dollars in losses for black and brown communities. The suit, filed alongside Prince George’s County, one of the country’s…
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Gerrymandering Is at the Heart of the 2020 State Elections
Over the last decade you may have heard the term gerrymandering thrown around. It refers to the process where legislators draw up heavily partisan districts for their states that often result in them getting a majority of the vote. According to NBC News the process is set to be front and center during state elections…