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    Voting Rights Are Under Assault in the South

    Southern states have enacted legislation to significantly suppress the votes of Black and Brown voters, states a new report.

    Gerrymandered by Redistricting — AAPI Advocates in Texas’ Harris County Vow to Make...

    While the AAPI population in Texas' Harris County has quadrupled in recent decades, new congressional maps diminish their voting power.

    North Carolina Redistricting Advocates Take a Victory Lap

    The state’s supreme court declared unconstitutional original election maps approved by a mostly Republican legislature.

    Common Cause Sets Sights on Local Redistricting

    The agency will be translating all written materials into the 15 most-used languages in the state and adding more interpreters to its phone lines.

    Supreme Court’s Stay Delivers Gut Punch to Fair Redistricting in Alabama

    SCOTUS delivered a major blow to voting rights advocates when it stayed a lower court’s ruling ordering Alabama to redraw its legislative districts.

    New Redistricting Maps in Southern States Shut Out Voters of Color

    “Extreme racial gerrymandering” and “partisan gerrymandering” represent an unprecedented threat to participatory democracy.
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    In Southern States, Redistricting Maps Lock Out Communities of Color

    Despite strong advocacy, congressional and legislative redistricting continue to leave minorities unrepresented. Litigation is expected before the 2022 primaries.

    AAPI Allies Join Chorus Against Texas Gerrymandering

    New voting maps ‘crack’ political power of communities of color
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    From Disappointments to Lawsuits over Alabama’s New Redistricting Maps

    Even though Alabama has a Black voting age population of 25.9 percent, only one of the seven congressional districts affords African Americans the opportunity to elect a candidate of their choice. 

    Activists Target Roadblocks to Fair Redistricting

    Challenges to fair redistricting in Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and Alabama.

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