gerrymandering

The Anti-Democratic, Authoritarian GQP Is The Party Of Voter Suppression And Disenfranchisement

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The Arizona Daily Star’s national treasure, cartoonist and opinion columnist David Fitzsimmons, interviewed legendary cartoonist Gary Trudeau about “Dbury@50: The Complete Digital Doonesbury” for the Tucson Festival of Books. Fitz interviews Doonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau. Fitz writes that “The Star is publishing Doonesbury on Sundays on the Opinion page.” In the print edition of the Sunday Arizona … Read more

Redistricting Wars Over Delayed Census Data

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Donald Trump’s attempt to manipulate census data to exclude undocumented immigrants from congressional reapportionment, and rushing the census deadline last fall during a coronavirus pandemic produced a deeply flawed census, resulting in his administration’s missing the January deadline to get that census data to Congress. Data snags cause Trump to miss giving Congress census data: … Read more

A Look Ahead To Redistricting In 2021

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The Washington Post reports that “Democrats failed to pick up any state legislative chambers this November, and they could face the consequences of that for the next decade.” Where Democrats will be locked out of power in redistricting battles next year: In many states, it’s up to politicians in state legislatures to do that. Republicans … Read more

“Slay the Dragon” film about gerrymandering to stream at Loft Cinema

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Streaming Release! Slay the Dragon Starts STREAMING Friday, April 10 at Loft Cinema, www.loftcinema.org “The acclaimed new documentary Slay the Dragon shines a light on the behind-the-closed-doors practice of gerrymandering and the inspiring grassroots movement fighting to change it. Every ten years, new county lines are drawn across the USA that determine the fate of … Read more

Big win over GOP gerrymandering in North Carolina

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Back in June, the U.S. Supreme Court barred the federal courthouse doors to partisan political gerrymandering claims. SCOTUS Watch: partisan gerrymandering is ‘non-justiciable,’ and Census case is remanded to Commerce Dept.: In a 5-4 decision by Chief Justice John Roberts, joined by Justices Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch and Kavanaugh, the conservative majority holds that partisan gerrymandering … Read more