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North Carolina Republicans gerrymander themselves into permanent power

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North Carolina Republicans passed new, gerrymandered maps last month to ensure their party holds nearly all congressional seats and a veto-proof legislative majority. Background At a statewide level, North Carolina is one of the most purple in the nation. The 2020 election was decided by less than 100,000 votes, with Trump winning by just one …

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Republicans continue to undermine voting rights: Louisiana, Ohio, and Wisconsin

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Louisiana The 5th Circuit issued a writ of mandamus canceling a hearing to choose a new congressional map for Louisiana, after a lower court declared that the original unconstitutionally diluted Black residents’ votes. Background Gov. John Bel Edwards vetoed the map in March 2022 because, despite Black people making up one-third of the state’s population, Republican lawmakers …

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Supreme Court back in session: Racial gerrymandering, civil asset forfeiture, and mandatory minimums

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The Supreme Court is back in session next week, hearing important cases on racial gerrymandering, civil asset forfeiture, and mandatory minimums in its first 30 days of the term. OCT 2: Pulsifer v. United States Pulsifer v. United States is about the interpretation of a federal law that allows defendants to avoid mandatory minimum sentences for …

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Republicans in gerrymandered swing states seek to impeach Democratic state Supreme Court justices

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Gerrymandered into power Two of the nation’s most purple states, with a voting population split nearly 50/50 between the two parties, are also the most gerrymandered to produce a Republican advantage. North Carolina voted for Donald Trump in 2020 by just 1.3% (or 74,000 votes) and has a split state government (with a Democratic governor …

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Tennessee intensifies felony disenfranchisement scheme; Florida sued over pay-to-vote system

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Read on Substack Tennessee Tennessee made it more difficult for people convicted of felonies to restore their voting rights, creating what voting rights advocates call the most “strenuous and confusing” system in the nation. Background Two residents of Tennessee who were convicted of felonies in other states but had their voting rights restored were denied …

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