From School Boards to City Councils, Local Redistricting Matters
By Caroline Sullivan
#politics #voting #elections #nightmare
Rachel Selzer
"Since 2021, DOJ has filed a total of 8 voting rights and redistricting lawsuits, 5 of which are actively ongoing. The 5 lawsuits represent only 2.4% of the 210 active voting rights and redistricting cases that Democracy Docket is tracking." #voting #elections #politics #nightmare
The Fringe Ideology of “Constitutional Sheriffs” Is Attracting Believers Within Texas Law Enforcement #voting #elections #politics
Mrs. Betty Bowers
The election was not stolen.
The Supreme Court was.
Kyle Griffin
The Minnesota Legislature has passed the Democracy for the People Act, which would allow 16- and 17-year-olds to pre-register to vote and establish automatic voter registration at many state agencies.
The bill now heads to Gov. Tim Walz, who has promised to sign it into law. #politics #voting #elections
In this week’s Slate Plus segment of Amicus, Mark Joseph Stern and Dahlia Lithwick discussed the case and what it tells us about the law’s ability—or inability—to save democracy. Their conversation has been edited and condensed for clarity.
#politics #voting #elections #AssWaffle
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/04/dominion-fox-news-settlement-democracy.html
Wtg Alaska.
Alaska Supreme Court, in landmark ruling, says partisan gerrymandering violates state Constitution #politics #voting #elections
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NEW: Texas Senate passes #SB1933 on a party line vote, a bill that would empower the governor-appointed secretary of state to take over election oversight from local county officials. The bill now goes to the Texas House. #politics #voting #elections
What the Situation in Tennessee Teaches Us About the Work of Democracy
It’s not just vote suppression and gerrymandering anymore
#TennesseeThree #politics #voting #elections
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/04/tennessee-lessons-about-democracy.html
Marc E. Elias
🚨NEW: New York Attorney General @TishJames and @GovKathyHochul file amicus brief in support of lawsuit to force redraw of New York’s Congressional district lines rather than leaving the lines drawn by a court-appointed special master in place.
#voting #elections #politics
https://www.democracydocket.com/cases/new-york-redistricting-petition/
Marc E Elias
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HCR latest.
A key fight over democracy is currently taking place in Wisconsin. On April 4, voters in the state will choose a new judge for Wisconsin’s Supreme Court. That judge will determine the seven-person court’s majority, a majority that will either uphold or possibly strike down the state’s gerrymandered #voting maps that are so heavily weighted toward Republicans as to make it virtually impossible for Democrats to win control of the legislature.#elections
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-2-2023-sunday
Sherrilyn Ifill
The Republican Plan to Make Voting Irrelevant
... This effort—to remove powers from elected representatives who are Democrats—has become the new method of disenfranchising voters and maintaining perpetual Republican political power...
#politics #voting #elections
Marc E. Elias
A must read about mass voter challenges in Georgia, the complicity of the GOP, and how
@fairfightaction is working to stop it in court. #voting #elections
Marc E Elias
There are 17 states controlled entirely by Democrats. They should all--all 17--enact new laws protecting voting rights and free and fair elections.
If Democratic legislators don't know what is needed in their state, they can call me.
#politics #voting #elections
Marc E Elias
Ten states that have or likely will enact new voter suppression laws in 2023:
Arkansas
Florida
Idaho
Indiana
Montana
Ohio (enacted/sued)
South Dakota
Texas
Utah
Wyoming
If you aren't paying attention to what is happening in court, you aren't paying attention to what is happening to democracy. #politics #voting #elections
Marc E. Elias
@marceelias
When I say EVERY state can do better, I mean EVERY state.👇
Auditors in Washington State found that the mail ballots of Black voters were being rejected at four times the rate of white voters. #racism #voting #elections
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