Texas Republicans use prison gerrymandering to boost GOP power

One of the most alarming things about a recent Dallas Morning News analysis of how Texas’ state prison and jail populations factor into redistricting lies in a brief paragraph under the “corrections” …

Voting Rights Roundup: New Pennsylvania maps represent major break with past GOP gerrymanders

Programming Note: The Voting Rights Roundup will be taking a break for the holidays but will return the week of Jan. 8.

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● Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania’s bipartisan legislative …

Voting Rights Roundup: Top North Carolina court halts filing, a sign it could block GOP gerrymanders

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● North Carolina: In a major sign that it is likely to eventually block Republicans’ newly enacted congressional and legislative gerrymanders in a pair of pending cases, North …

Voting Rights Roundup: Conspiracy-driven Wisconsin GOP looks to take over election administration

Programming Note: The Voting Rights Roundup will be taking a break the week of Nov. 27 for the Thanksgiving holiday but will return the following week.

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● Wisconsin: In a chilling new …

Latest Texas redistricting lawsuit tells us what we know: Republican lawmakers gerrymandered hard

Yet another lawsuit has been filed against the state of Texas over its abhorrent redistricting maps, which were approved last month by Gov. Greg Abbott after the third and final special legislative …

Voting Rights Roundup: Election wins give Virginia Republicans a chance to roll back voting rights

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● Virginia: In a major setback for voting rights, Republican Glenn Youngkin narrowly defeated former Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe in the race to become Virginia’s next governor, …

Voting Rights Roundup: New York Democrats pass law to ban gerrymandering at county government level

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● New York: Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed a law that aims to ban gerrymandering in elections for county legislatures across the state. The new law requires that mapmakers follow …

Voting Rights Roundup: Lawsuit against Texas GOP's anti-Latino gerrymanders faces long odds in court

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● Texas: Texas’ Republican-run legislature has given final approval to new sets of congressional and legislative gerrymanders that will lock in GOP majorities by diminishing the …

Morning Digest: Vulnerable Senate Democrats are all outraising the competition

The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Matt Booker, and Carolyn Fiddler, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel …

Voting Rights Roundup: Arkansas' GOP governor greenlights new House map but invites critics to sue

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● AR Redistricting: In a surprise, Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced on Wednesday that he’d allow Arkansas’ new congressional map to become law without his signature, …

Morning Digest: Baffled by new map, two West Virginia Republicans announce bids for wrong district

The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Carolyn Fiddler, and Matt Booker, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel …

Morning Digest: Two challengers emerge for D.C.'s mayor, including one hostile to COVID vaccination

The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Carolyn Fiddler, and Matt Booker, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel …

Morning Digest: Pennsylvania's Democratic attorney general confirms long-awaited bid for governor

The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Carolyn Fiddler, and Matt Booker, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel …

Voting Rights Roundup: Pennsylvania GOP advances voting restrictions designed to bypass governor

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● Pennsylvania: State House Republicans have passed a constitutional amendment out of committee and onto the full floor that would adopt several new voting restrictions. The amendment …

Morning Digest: Iowa GOP rejects nonpartisan maps, a sign gerrymanders may be on the way

The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Carolyn Fiddler, and Matt Booker, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel …

Voting Rights Roundup: Redistricting heats up as four states pass new maps for House and legislature

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Redistricting: The decade’s long-delayed redistricting process finally got into swing last week, as several states adopted final maps for both Congress and their legislatures, while …

Morning Digest: Meet the new Nebraska gerrymander, same as the old gerrymander

The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Matt Booker, and Carolyn Fiddler, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel …

Morning Digest: Texas GOP proposes House gerrymander to shield itself against a fast-changing state

The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Carolyn Fiddler, and Matt Booker, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel …

Voting Rights Roundup: ACLU sues over Ohio GOP's new maps after governor’s startling admission

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● Ohio: The ACLU has filed a lawsuit with Ohio’s Supreme Court asking it to strike down the new legislative maps that the Republican majority on the state’s bipartisan …

Morning Digest: Former Republican senator ejected in 2018 wave announces bid for Nevada governor

The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Carolyn Fiddler, and Matt Booker, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel …