Many federal court decisions have rejected the idea that state courts cannot rule on the (state) constitutionality of district maps.
Charlie Cooper
Monday, March 28, 2022
Brennan Center says "independent state legislature theory" invalid
Wednesday, March 23, 2022
Monday, March 21, 2022
Overview of racial and ethnic equity in congressional redistricting process
Good overview. Latinos accounted for 51% of population growth nationwide (even though they were no doubt undercounted by the census). In some states, there are more seats with Latino majorities or pluralities, but, overall, people of color may have lost representation.
Charlie Cooper
Tuesday, March 15, 2022
Sunday, March 13, 2022
Cliff Albright diary of Alabama voting rights march
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/11/civil-rights-cliff-albright-selma-march
GMOM has marched with Cliff on more than one occasion. This personal diary reveals his battle with cancer and his indomitable spirit to achieve political equality.
Charlie Cooper
New AP poll shows support for voting rights reforms
Most think that voting laws in their own state are okay, but, for example, “65 percent of those surveyed believe more needs to be done to achieve equal treatment for African Americans in voting rights.”
Charlie Cooper
Friday, March 11, 2022
Billionaire-Backed Group Enlists Trump Supporters to Hunt for Voter Fraud
https://truthout.org/articles/billionaire-backed-group-enlists-trump-supporters-to-hunt-for-voter-fraud/
They intend to publish the names, personal data, and voting histories of every voter in every state on the internet. Both Republican and Democratic election officials have unanimously stated that the groups allegations and methods are erroneous.
Thursday, March 10, 2022
Montgomery Republican alleges voter roll irregularities
In Maryland, the Governor’s party controls the State Board of Elections and all local boards. A Republican operative sent a list of allegations of irregularities only to the Republican members of the Montgomery BoE. A Democratic member pokes holes in some of the allegations and calls for bipartisan, good faith consideration of any real problems.
Charlie Cooper
Tuesday, March 8, 2022
Supreme Court lets state court maps go through in PA and NC
In at least a temporary victory for Democrats, the U.S. Supreme Court let stand NC and PA state high court rulings that replace partisan maps drawn by Republican-dominated legislatures for congressional seats. The Court said it is too close to the elections to disturb the present maps. This does not shut the door on the Republican argument that state courts cannot rule on congressional district maps.
Charlie Cooper
Saturday, March 5, 2022
Dark money has many guises and many kinds of impacts on politics
https://www.marketplace.org/2022/03/04/inside-the-ever-growing-power-of-dark-money-in-u-s-politics/
$2.4 billion in 2020 federal election and growng use in state/local elections. But it is also impacting legislative efforts and judicial appointments.
Charlie Cooper
Friday, March 4, 2022
Thursday, March 3, 2022
GOP officials challenge Maryland state legislative district map
The challenge is based on the requirements in the Maryland Constituton.
Charlie Cooper
GOP investigator: Wisconsin should weigh decertifying vote | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-joe-biden-donald-trump-elections-legislature-7ac114a02cf06ca795717ae05cad75cc
Some Republicans in WI want to eliminate a bipartisan election commission and give election officials more control over election administration.
Charlie Cooper
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