The House of Representatives is not representative
As results from the recent midterm elections show and the book under review chronicles, restrictive voter identification laws, registration requirements, felon disenfranchisement and voter purges still deny millions access to the ballot box.
They are poised to win more seats this year than they did in 2006, despite far fewer opportunities.
Through local action, Democrats this November have a chance to untilt the playing field in every state that now has an extreme partisan gerrymander.
The Wisconsin decision ends the notion that all partisan gerrymanders are acceptable.
Regardless of how the Supreme Court rules on two two big cases this month, anti-gerrymandering action at the state level is well underway
For those who are tired of hearing that 13 Russians controlled the 2016 elections, here is an article about one of the problems we face electorally.
A Pennsylvania ruling will have an impact on who controls the House of Representatives next year. A Florida ballot initiative could make it more difficult for Trump to win Florida in 2020.
The ruling was the first time that a federal court had blocked a congressional map because the judges believed it to be a partisan gerrymander.
Republicans’ hold on Congress and statehouses could be more vulnerable than once thought.
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