Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/10/03/fairmaps-pro-democracy-rally-supreme-court-hears-most-significant-voting-rights-case Published on Tuesday, October 03, 2017 by Common Dreams “Make no mistake about it: Extreme partisan gerrymandering is corruption. It’s a cancer on democracy. End it now!” By Jake Johnson, staff writer “Gerrymandering has no value in … Continued
Plaintiffs say case is about “one of the greatest threats to American democracy” Posted Jun 15, 2017 4:55 PM—Roll Call Bridget Bowman (@Bridget Bowman) The League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania filed a lawsuit Thursday alleging that the Keystone State’s congressional map … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/06/19/historic-opportunity-supreme-court-hear-partisan-gerrymandering-case Published on Monday, June 19, 2017 by Common Dreams “Politicians should not be choosing their voters, voters should be choosing their politicians,” said Karen Hobert Flynn, president of Common Cause By Jake Johnson, staff writer “Gerrymandering has … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2017-05-17/civil-rights/report-extreme-maps-give-unfair-political-advantage/a57726-1 May 17, 2017 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window A new report blames bias in drawing district lines for giving the Republican Party a 13-5 advantage in Pennsylvania’s congressional delegation. (61-1099lm/Wikimedia … Continued
From the Committee of Seventy (https://www.seventy.org/): This four-question quiz from NPR is yet another example of the growing buzz around the country about the battle for fair representation in our legislatures. Hereabouts in the last few weeks, for example, a … Continued
From the Committee of Seventy (https://www.seventy.org/): When the Washington Post wrote about “crimes against geography” in 2014, U.S. Rep. Pat Meehan’s funky district, the 7th (“Goofy kicking Donald Duck”) was a prime example. But in the last week, Wilkes-Barre’s Citizens’ … Continued
From Committee of Seventy (https://www.seventy.org/): Counties where 2016 presidential candidates won the two-party popular vote by more than 20 percentage points (FiveThirtyEight) This FiveThirtyEight analysis puts our polarization right in your face: the only areas that aren’t colored in are … Continued
Posted at http://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/03/01/battles-multiple-states-fight-end-gerrymandering-heats Published on Wednesday, March 01, 2017 by Common Dreams SCOTUS ruling in Virginia case seen as “yet another blow against GOP’s use of racial gerrymandering to artificially inflate their power” By Deirdre Fulton, staff writer (Photo: Common … Continued
By Shannon Najmabadi February 22, 2017 Chronicle of Higher Education Moon Duchin, of Tufts U., has helped create a program to train mathematicians to serve as expert witnesses in court cases over redrawn electoral districts. (Tufts U.) A Tufts University professor … Continued
Pennsylvania’s 7th Congressional District, which has been described as Goofy kicking Donald Duck, is an example of extreme gerrymandering. (League of Women Voters/CONTRIBUTED PHOTO) Bill White Of The Morning Call Grassroots support growing for ending gerrymandering “Nothing’s riding on this … Continued