gerrymandering
Republicans and Supreme Court revive segregation-era ‘states’ rights’ ideology
July 21, 2022Giving extreme new powers to autocratic, gerrymandered, and unaccountable state governments is not democracy.
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New York redistricting results: Gerrymandering, confusion, lower primary turnout
June 2, 2022Countering crooked Republican redistricting nationally, New York Democrats do some gerrymandering of their own. What’s needed is truly independent redistricting.
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High Court OKs Michigan GOP’s gerrymander for 2020 election
October 22, 2019Disappointing citizens, workers, and clean-government advocates, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Michigan’s GOP-gerrymandered congressional and state legislative district lines.
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The Louisiana governor’s race and taking the long view in the Deep South
September 26, 2019In 2015, voters were not blind to Edward’s shortcomings but saw beyond them and realized progress was in reach. Nearsighted voting will result in only backward motion.
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A loss and a win: Supreme Court OKs gerrymandering, blocks census citizenship question
June 27, 2019Workers, including African-Americans, Latinos, and other minorities, lost one of the biggest U.S. Supreme Court decisions in years.
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