The #census helps decide how federal #resources should be allocated to #communities, but, for our purposes here, it’s most relevant that census data is used to decide how to divvy up seats in the #US #House & make #ElectoralMaps during decennial #redistricting done by states. The census can alter the balance of #power in statehouses & in #Congress.
#Project2025 #Trump #gerrymandering #MinorityMajority #authoritarianism #autocracy #democracy #law #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
US Supreme Court Allows Racial Discrimination in Electoral Maps
On May 23, 2024, the US Supreme Court issued a 6-3 decision that allows racial discrimination in the drawing of voting maps, dismissing the voices of Black voters challenging racial gerrymandering and undermining efforts to build a multiracial democracy in the United States.
US Supreme Court Allows Racial Discrimination in Electoral Maps
On May 23, 2024, the US Supreme Court issued a 6-3 decision that allows racial discrimination in the drawing of voting maps, dismissing the voices of Black voters challenging racial gerrymandering and undermining efforts to build a multiracial democracy in the United States.
«The #Republican leader o #Wisconsin’s Assembly who had threatend #impeachment of state #SC justice over views on redistrictng now says such a move is “super unlikely”
Assembly Spkr #RobinVos originally threatend 2 impeach #JanetProtasiewicz if she didn't recuse herself from redistricting challenge, backd by #Democrats seekng 2 throw out Republican-drawn #ElectoralMaps. After she refusd 2 step down from case, Vos raisd possibility of impeachment based on how she rules»
https://apnews.com/article/wisconsin-supreme-court-impeachment-redistricting-8dca0b05b729b92b39e7d16eb047249d
Wisconsin leader pivots, says impeachment of state Supreme Court justice over redistricting unlikely
The Republican leader of Wisconsin’s Assembly who had threatened possible impeachment of a new liberal state Supreme Court justice over her views on redistricting now says such a move is “super unlikely.” Assembly Speaker Robin Vos originally threatened to impeach Justice Janet Protasiewicz if she did not recuse herself from the redistricting challenge, which is backed by Democrats seeking to throw out Republican-drawn electoral maps. After Protasiewicz refused to step down from the case, Vos raised the possibility of impeachment based on how she rules. When asked in an interview Wednesday if he would move to impeach Protasiewicz if she orders new maps to be drawn, Vos said, “I think it’s very unlikely.”
#Georgia #ElectoralMaps #voting
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A judge says Georgia's congressional maps must be redrawn : NPR
"A judge is ordering Georgia to draw new congressional and state legislative maps after finding the current maps illegally discriminate against Black voters."
https://www.npr.org/2023/10/26/1208796830/georgia-redistricting-districts-judge-ruling
North Carolina Supreme Court rejects 'racially discriminatory' voter ID law and state electoral map
Both cases were decided 4-3 along party lines, with all the high court’s Democratic justices voting in the majority and all #Republicans dissenting.
The court upheld a lower court's 2021 ruling that a 2018 law requiring voters to present photo ID was unconstitutional.
#NorthCarolina #VoterID #Voting #NCSupremeCourt #ElectoralMaps #Gerrymandering #Racism #VoterSuppression
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/north-carolina-supreme-court-rejects-racially-discriminatory-voter-id-rcna62224
North Carolina Supreme Court rejects 'racially discriminatory' voter ID law and state electoral map
The North Carolina Supreme Court struck down a voter ID law it said discriminated against Black voters and ordered a state map redrawn over GOP gerrymandering.
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These two maps are a good example how data visualization influences our perception. Same election, same results, but one shows the winning party by area, one by population density. (Map Credits: Karim Douïeb, Jetpack.ai)
Edit: This is not based on the midterms this week. I wanted to point out the difference in visualization. It was originally done in 2019
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