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You Thought Gerrymandering in Wisconsin Was Bad, Illinois Is Worse
ILLINOIS - Political reform in Illinois comes slowly, but one group is renewing the effort to put redistricting back in the hands of the people.After each decennial census, a state’s district maps are...
Declare Your Independence from the Two-Party System
The United States of America's Founding Fathers were spurred to declare independence by a long litany of abuses by the King's government in England.In many cases, if you read through the text of Jeffe...
Efficiency Gap: The Greatest Weapon to Fight Partisan Gerrymandering
The fight against gerrymandering nationwide is taking a new turn. Courts are no longer just looking at discrimination based on race, sex, or class, but political discrimination and partisan motives to...
Wisconsin Rep Says Districts Serve Parties, Not Voters
“I’m not sure there should be any restrictions whatsoever, because I don’t think it is the court’s business to draw lines. There are many rules right now — that the courts have laid out — that if...
SCOTUS Says It Will Hear Wisconsin Partisan Gerrymandering Case
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mXD9mN4EI8Update 6/19/17: The Supreme Court voted 5-4 to issue a stay in Gill v. Whitford. This means until the justices rule on the case itself, the current electoral...
Coalition Sues Pennsylvania over Partisan Gerrymandering
Pennsylvania is the latest battleground over the issue of partisan gerrymandering.Several plaintiffs filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging congressional maps drawn by the Republican-controlled Pennsylv...
Nevada Voter Suppression: Democrats Blocking Independent Voter Access
Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in 2013 that struck down pre-clearance requirements from the Voting Rights Act, Republican-controlled state legislatures jumped at the opportunity to i...
Former DNC Official: Hillary Biting the Hand that Fed Her
Former DNC Data Director Andrew Therriault is upset at Hillary Clinton. He believes the former Democratic presidential candidate went too far when she said the party's data was "me...
Gerrymandering: Everything You Need to Know in 60 Seconds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YLcBDBiJ_0There are several ways the Republican and Democratic Parties manipulate the vote and control elections. They control the narrative, who gets to vote in ...
Hold Your Horses: SCOTUS Considers Bigger Gerrymandering Case than North Carolina
Progressive politicians and pundits are collectively celebrating the Supreme Court's ruling that North Carolina illegally used racial gerrymandering to draw its congressional districts. But even autho...