The Real Census News: The GOP’s Self-Sabotage
A country in which party so thoroughly trumps geography is not the Republic our Framers envisioned — but the 2020 census sabotage makes clear that it’s the Republic in which we now live.
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A country in which party so thoroughly trumps geography is not the Republic our Framers envisioned — but the 2020 census sabotage makes clear that it’s the Republic in which we now live.
The Republican state legislators who have introduced these anti-voter bills will be the very same people who try to gerrymander themselves into power during the redistricting process this year.
Federal legislation to improve America’s elections is now on the table. But there’s another power the House and Senate could use to strengthen American democracy — a power distinct from legislation and all the hurdles that apply to it.
History has proven what Republicans will do in redistricting if they have complete power and who they will disenfranchise in the process. We need to ensure that Republicans cannot take control of redistricting again.
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