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In North Carolina, a Pitched Battle Over Gerrymandering and Justices

January 29, 2022 Editor

From today’s New York Times: It is the state that put the hyper in partisan politics, setting the blunt-force standard for battles over voting rights and gerrymanders that are now…

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Ohio is Part of a Shameful Trend to Erect Barriers to Voting in America

October 5, 2021 Editor

From today’s Columbus Dispatch: At the heart of our country’s political debates are questions about our values and perspectives on legislating our deeper beliefs about right and wrong, relationships and…

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Republicans considering more than 100 bills to restrict Americans’ voting rights

January 29, 2021 Editor

From today’s The Guardian Online: After an election filled with misinformation and lies about fraud, Republicans have doubled down with a surge of bills to further restrict voting access in…

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SCOTUS takes up Arizona voting rights law that will be heard after the election

October 2, 2020 Editor

From today’s CNN Online: The Supreme Court said Friday it will review two provisions of an Arizona voting rights law that a federal appeals court said could have a discriminatory…

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Opinion: The right to vote should not fall victim to partisan battles

November 20, 2019 Editor

From today’s Chicago Sun-Times: The right to vote is fundamental to any democracy. Protecting that right — and making it easier to exercise it — ought to be a priority…

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Trump administration gives up fight over citizenship question on the census

July 2, 2019 Editor

From today’s Los Angeles Times: The Trump administration, abruptly switching course, has decided to give up its fight to add a question about citizenship to next year’s census. Word of…

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Supreme Court decides federal judges cannot block gerrymandering

June 27, 2019 Editor

From today’s CNBC Online: The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that federal courts may not block gerrymandering in a 5-4 decision that fell along partisan lines. The court also ruled, in…

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Federal court: Michigan political maps illegally rigged to ‘historical proportions’

April 25, 2019 Editor

From today’s Detroit News: Michigan must redraw legislative and congressional districts for the 2020 election because current maps drawn by Republicans represent a political gerrymander “of historical proportions,” a three-judge…

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Kavanaugh Seems Conflicted About Gerrymandering at SCOTUS Arguments

March 26, 2019 Editor

From today’s NPR News Online: The Supreme Court appeared sharply divided on the question of whether there’s any limit on what the courts can impose on partisan redistricting, also known…

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Appeals court rules North Carolina’s electoral map unconstitutional, map may have to be redrawn before midterms

August 28, 2018 Editor

From today’s Washington Post: A panel of three federal judges held Monday that North Carolina’s congressional districts were unconstitutionally gerrymandered to favor Republicans over Democrats and said it may require…

In North Carolina, a Pitched Battle Over Gerrymandering and Justices

Ohio is Part of a Shameful Trend to Erect Barriers to Voting in America

Republicans considering more than 100 bills to restrict Americans’ voting rights

SCOTUS takes up Arizona voting rights law that will be heard after the election

Opinion: The right to vote should not fall victim to partisan battles

Trump administration gives up fight over citizenship question on the census

Supreme Court decides federal judges cannot block gerrymandering

Federal court: Michigan political maps illegally rigged to ‘historical proportions’

Kavanaugh Seems Conflicted About Gerrymandering at SCOTUS Arguments

Appeals court rules North Carolina’s electoral map unconstitutional, map may have to be redrawn before midterms

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