Top GOP Mapmaker Calls on Donors To Fund More Gerrymandering
Republican donors are being urged to bankroll a new wave of nationwide gerrymanders — and the plea is coming from the GOP’s top mapmaker himself.
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Missouri Sec. of State Proposes ‘Dishonest’ Ballot Language to Thwart Anti-Gerrymander Referendum
More than 200,000 Missourians have signed a petition supporting a referendum to block Republicans’ new gerrymandered congressional map. But GOP officials are working to thwart them at every turn.
This Week at Democracy Docket: First on Voter Suppression News
This week, Democracy Docket readers were first to learn about three important new developments in Republican voter suppression.
This Week at Democracy Docket: Yet Another GOP Gerrymander, While DOJ Moves to Gain Control Over Elections
Another week, another Republican gerrymander rammed through at the expense of minority voters.
The DOJ Lawyer and Hardcore Election Denier Probing 2020
A former red-state chief election official who has falsely claimed the CIA stole the 2020 contest is playing a key role in the conspiracy theory-fueled effort by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate the vote.
GOP’s Anti-Democratic Gerrymander Drive Kicks Into High Gear
In red states across the country, GOP lawmakers and officials took a range of steps to move forward with their gerrymanders. Together, the moves suggest that, even leaving the Supreme Court aside, Republicans have abandoned any remaining political or moral qualms about drawing maps that maximize their advantage — with potentially dire consequences for the future of fair elections.
Missouri GOPers in ‘Full-Blown Tantrum’ Over Ballot Measure to Block GOP Gerrymander
People Not Politicians Missouri, the group behind a ballot measure that would let voters veto the GOP-controlled legislature’s new gerrymandered congressional map, is laughing off a federal lawsuit filed to block their efforts.
Missouri Republicans Sue to Block ‘People’s Veto’ of GOP Gerrymander
Missouri state officials filed a lawsuit Wednesday aimed at blocking voters’ efforts to invoke their constitutional right to veto the state legislature’s new gerrymandered congressional map.
Missouri Secretary of State Erects New Hurdle for ‘People’s Veto’ of GOP Gerrymander
Missouri voters are organizing to use their constitutional right to veto the GOP-controlled state legislature’s new gerrymandered map. But while they cleared one administrative hurdle Wednesday, the Republicans who run the state are trying to place yet another stumbling block in their path.
This Week at Democracy Docket: Reporting Live from the Texas Gerrymander Challenge
This week, a federal court in El Paso, Texas has been hearing a case that could determine who controls Congress after next year’s elections. And Democracy Docket has been one of the very few national news outlets to cover it.