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🚨Breaking News🚨
In a win for North Carolina voters, the North Carolina Supreme Court has thrown out the gerrymandered state Senate map drawn by the Republican-controlled state legislature.
We’re proud to have supported the Harper plaintiffs in
#HarpervHall
.⚖️
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A fair map in Virginia should keep communities of interest together, and should ensure that the will of the people is realized. The Farkas Map submitted by
@marceelias
and the
@EliasLawGroup
does this; the map proposed by the special masters last week does not.
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🚨BREAKING🚨In our North Carolina partisan gerrymandering case, the three-judge panel has UNANIMOUSLY found the state House and state Senate district plans to be unconstitutional! The court has ordered that new maps be drawn (in public) before the 2020 elections!
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We are urging the Virginia Supreme Court to seriously consider the proposed Farkas Map, submitted yesterday by
@marceelias
and the
@EliasLawGroup
, as a much better alternative to the problematic congressional map proposed by the special masters.
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🚨BREAKING🚨 Our lawsuit in Mississippi pressured the MS state legislature to repeal a 130-year-old jim crow era voting rule.
The state hasn’t elected a single Black official to statewide office in more than 130 years.
Major win for voting rights in MS.
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⚖️BREAKING: A federal panel in Alabama has just adopted a
#FairMap
that complies with SCOTUS’ order to include a second district in which Black voters can elect their candidate of choice. This is a huge victory for voting rights. We’re beyond proud to have been part of this team.
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🚨BREAKING🚨
Today, a group of voters supported by the NRF filed a lawsuit in Texas, challenging the state’s Absentee Ballot Age Restriction that restricts the ability to vote by mail based entirely on account of age.
You can read the full statement⬇️
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⚖️🚨 BREAKING🚨 ⚖️
With NRF’s support, Georgia voters are challenging the congressional map signed into law by Georgia Governor Brian Kemp for diluting the voting strength of the state’s Black communities in violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
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Alabama federal court holds that NRF-supported plaintiffs in Caster v. Merrill are likely to succeed in proving the state's congressional map dilutes the voting strength of black Alabamians in violation of Sec. 2 of the VRA.
@EricHolder
's statement ➡️
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Former U.S. Attorney General leads challenge to Alabama’s new Congressional map
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SCOTUS is right to deny this stay in our case. This means Virginians are even closer to a fair map for this year's legislative elections.
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An amazing group of individuals at the steps of the Supreme Court today, after oral argument concluded:
Our incredible Litigation + Policy Team with Becky Harper, *THE* Harper in
#MoorevHarper
⬇️
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VICTORY! 🥳
A federal court has enjoined Alabama’s congressional map & ordered the state to enact a new map within 14 days. The order requires AL to draw an additional district in which Black Alabamans have the opportunity to elect a candidate of choice, as required by the VRA.
🚨 BREAKING 🚨
AL Gov. Kay Ivey signed a discriminatory congressional map into law that dilutes the voting power of the state’s Black communities. NRF-supported plaintiffs filed a complaint asking the court to declare the new map in violation of Sec. 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
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🚨BREAKING🚨A three-judge state panel in North Carolina just granted our preliminary injunction barring the use of the current congressional map!
This is extraordinary news. After a decade of legal battles and manipulated maps, voters just took a big step toward
#FairMaps
.
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🚨 BREAKING 🚨 Today, plaintiffs supported by
@RedistrictFdn
filed a lawsuit to stop policy changes at the
@USPS
that unlawfully infringe on the right to vote.
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🎉 VOTING RIGHTS VICTORY 🎉
Today, plaintiffs supported by
@RedistrictFdn
entered into a consent decree w/
@ncsbe
to achieve three significant improvements to
#VoteByMail
rules in North Carolina.
Read more here >>
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For the first time in history, Alabama could have two Black Members of Congress representing the state.
We’re proud to have been part of the team behind the tenacious Alabama voters that secured this win for fair representation.
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We echo AG
@EricHolder
.
Louisiana’s congressional map was a textbook violation of Section 2 of the VRA – and today’s SCOTUS ruling lifting a stay on the injunction against the map brings voters closer to having a fair say in their political process.
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Breaking🚨⚖️
The Ohio Supreme Court has OVERTURNED the gerrymandered state legislative maps that our affiliate, NRAF, challenged in court. We’re relieved to see this important decision from the court and look forward to the state’s redistricting commission drawing a fair map.
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We couldn't be more proud of our legal team at
@CovingtonLLP
in achieving this important win! It is more clear than ever that the addition of the citizenship question was unconstitutional & unlawful.
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BREAKING: The U.S. Supreme Court has blocked another Republican attempt to weaken the Voting Rights Act.
This is the next step toward
#FairMaps
for Louisiana voters.
NRF Exec. Director
@marinakate31
’s full statement ⬇️
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Tmrw, SCOTUS is hearing oral arguments on Merrill v. Milligan–so we’re breaking down what the case means for the future of voting rights. ⚖️🗳️
Join our Dir. of Litigation
@MarinaKate31
and
@MarceElias
of
@DemocracyDocket
live on Twitter Spaces @ 3PM EST:
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⚖️BREAKING⚖️
Today, KS’ congressional map was struck down as a partisan gerrymander that unconstitutionally dilutes minority Kansans’ votes. This is a major win for all Kansans and protects Black and Hispanic voters in & around Kansas City.
Statement➡️
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⚖️VICTORY for Florida voters!⚖️
A Florida judge has ruled in favor of the NRF-supported plaintiffs, ruling that Florida’s congressional map violates the state's Fair Districts Amendment and illegally diminished Black voters’ power.
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🚨⚖️BREAKING NEWS🚨⚖️
The North Carolina Supreme Court has ruled that the gerrymandered congressional and state legislative maps are unconstitutional.
This is a win for
#FairMaps
, and a win for the people of North Carolina. 🏆
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Did you know Mississippi has the highest percentage of African Americans of any state in the country?
Yet it hasn’t elected a single black official to statewide office in more than 130 years.
This law is unfair and has no place in our democracy.
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VICTORY: SCOTUS has ruled in favor of NRF-supported voters in Moore v. Harper!
We are glad that the Supreme Court delivered a resounding rejection to the dangerous and fringe independent state legislature theory (ISLT) at the center of this case.
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⚖️BREAKING: FL voters supported by the NRF are challenging the recently enacted congressional map for violating Article III, § 20 of the state’s Constitution, commonly known as the Fair Districts Amendment.
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🚨BREAKING🚨
Louisiana voters supported by NRF challenge discriminatory congressional map passed by the Louisiana Legislature for diluting the voting power of the state’s Black communities in violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
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🏆⚖️VICTORY🏆⚖️
Today, the North Carolina Supreme Court struck down the congressional and state legislative map plans as unconstitutional. The court saw right through the GOP’s gerrymandering tactics, and said NOPE.
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🚨 BREAKING 🚨
AL Gov. Kay Ivey signed a discriminatory congressional map into law that dilutes the voting power of the state’s Black communities. NRF-supported plaintiffs filed a complaint asking the court to declare the new map in violation of Sec. 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
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📢Breaking News from North Carolina📢
The U.S. Supreme Court has 🛑DENIED🛑 Republicans’ application for stay, which requested that SCOTUS block the use of the fair congressional map adopted by a North Carolina court.
Another win for
#FairMaps
✅
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Oral argument in
#MoorevHarper
has concluded.
“It is my hope that the Court applies the law without agenda and rejects this fringe idea once and for all in order to protect our essential and long recognized system of checks and balances.” —
@EricHolder
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⚖️BREAKING NEWS: A Federal Court has struck down the Alabama legislature’s latest congressional map, ruling that it does NOT comply with prior orders. A new map will be drawn by Court-appointed experts. Full statement here:
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We're proud to back
@onewisconsinnow
in suing
@ScottWalker
and legislative Republicans in Wisconsin over their new law aimed at voters of color.
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“A legislature only gets its authority from [the state constitution]." — Justice KBJ 🏛
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⚖️BREAKING: The NRF is supporting New Hampshire voters in demanding fair congressional districts in time for the midterms.
The governor and the Republican-led legislature are at a clear impasse. Now, it’s time for the courts to step in.
Full statement:
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We're proud to support four black Mississippians who are suing to put an end to discriminatory electoral system that was created in 1890.
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We are immensely proud to have supported plaintiffs in this racial gerrymandering case. This is not only an important victory for African-American voters in Virginia, it's a victory for all Virginians and our democracy. Voters deserve fair and representative electoral maps.
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BREAKING🚨⚖️ SCOTUS has agreed to hear a case that could potentially give state legislatures unchecked power in drawing rigged congressional maps. Yet another dangerous case that could undermine our democracy. The Court must stand on the side of voters.
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🚨BREAKING: A group of voters and organizations supported by the
@RedistrictFdn
filed a new lawsuit in Texas challenging the state’s absentee voting restrictions that will unjustifiably risk the voting rights of Texans.
Read our full statement⬇️
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VICTORY⚖️ Yesterday, a federal district court blocked Louisiana from using its newly-enacted congressional map, which dilutes the voting power of Black Louisianians in violation of Section 2 of the VRA. 🧵
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A quick recap on the racial
#gerrymandering
case argued by
@marceelias
this morning. We’re proud to support the plaintiffs in this crucial case.
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BREAKING⚖️ A FL court has vacated an automatic stay of its determination last week that a new congressional map must be used for this year’s midterms - a clear win for FL voters.🧵
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🆕⚖️The NRF is supporting voters in Florida in challenging the state’s malapportioned congressional map.
Florida’s political branches will likely fail to enact a new map in time for the midterms - so voters are asking the courts to step in.
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When the NC Supreme Court tossed out the legislature's gerrymandered map, it was not embarking on an open-ended discovery of "fairness," it applied a constitutional rule to a set of facts; it's what judges do!
#MoorevHarper
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SCOTUS has just issued a historic decision to rule in favor of NRF-supported plaintiffs in Moore v. Harper – rejecting the fringe ISL theory at the center of this case.
This rejection of extreme attempts to undermine checks and balances is a *major* victory for our democracy.
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Success!
The NC Supreme Court has suspended the candidate-filing period for congressional and state legislative elections so that the partisan gerrymandering challenges to the egregious maps can be heard and ruled on by Jan. 11, 2022.
Our full statement:
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🚨BREAKING🚨
Today, a group of voters supported by the Right To Vote Foundation and NRF filed a lawsuit in North Carolina that challenges the state’s restrictions on voting by mail.
You can read our full statement here⬇️
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Yesterday, FL’s state legislature passed a map that diminishes the ability of Black voters to elect representatives of their choice.
But the state constitution is clear– minority groups are protected against gerrymandered districts.
The map cannot stand.
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🚨BREAKING: The court-appointed special master in the Alabama remedial map process released new proposed congressional maps. More to come tomorrow, stay tuned for updates!
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In a stark contrast to the gerrymandered state Senate and congressional maps passed by North Carolina legislators, a group of North Carolinians backed by the NRF presented fair, constitutionally-compliant maps to the court. We will not relent in our fight for
#FairMaps
.
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ICYMI🚨⚖️ A FL court delivered a major win for voters this week by vacating an automatic stay of last week’s preliminary injunction, clearing the way for Floridians to cast their ballots under a fairer, court-selected congressional map. 🧵
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⚖️In another victory for Alabama voters, SCOTUS has rejected (with no noted dissents) an attempt by the state of AL to stop the remedial mapdrawing process taking place as a result of Allen v. Milligan – meaning the new map will move forward without delay.
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Breaking 🆕🚨The NRF is supporting North Carolina voters who have filed an amended complaint in Harper v. Hall.
The motion asks the court to strike down the newly-enacted state legislative maps as partisan gerrymanders.
Our full statement:
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New Hampshire Governor Sununu has signed into law gerrymandered state senate & executive council maps that were advanced by the Republican-controlled legislature. NH voters supported by the NRF have filed a lawsuit to strike them down.
Full statement:
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This is important: Florida’s Secretary of State, the Florida House and Senate, have ADMITTED that the state’s congressional map diminishes the voting power of Black Floridians and prevents them from electing a candidate of their choice in Florida’s 5th Congressional District.
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AG
@EricHolder
is right: we’ve made great progress since 1965, but we are now facing different—but no less damaging—threats to our right to vote. The Voting Rights Act is critical to protecting democracy.
Full statement: ⬇️
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"Today’s state court ruling in NC is a major victory in the fight against gerrymandering & yet another example of politicians being held accountable in the courts for map manipulation." —
@kellycward
, Pres. of the National Redistricting Foundation
Read the full statement ⬇️
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🚨 BREAKING: NRF is supporting voters in a challenge to Georgia’s new House and Senate district lines.
These maps dilute the voting power of Georgia’s Black communities, in violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
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Last Friday, SCOTUS declined to take up Huffman v. Neiman, a Republican appeal arguing a more extreme version of the ISL theory than what was pursued in Moore v. Harper.
Our full statement on what this means in Ohio’s fight for
#FairMaps
:
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NRF is dedicated to protecting our democracy from those who try to dismantle or undermine it.
We’re devastated by the domestic terror attack on the Capitol and stand with those seeking accountability from the leaders who incited this horrific act of violence and destruction.
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SCOTUS just put on hold a federal court order blocking the use of LA's gerrymandered congressional map for violating the VRA.🚨⚖️
This unjustified decision will deny Black Louisianians equal treatment as required under the law in the upcoming election.
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We echo AG
@EricHolder
– Alabama’s current congressional map is a continuation of the state’s shameful history of disenfranchising Black voters and a clear defiance of SCOTUS orders.
The court *must* reject this map.
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Section 2 of the VRA makes the promise of equal representation possible.
Section 2 of the VRA makes the achievement of "one person, one vote" possible.
Section 2 of the VRA makes the realization of free and fair elections possible.
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SCOTUS’ rejection of the fringe independent state legislature (ISL) theory is a resounding win for the cornerstone of our democracy: our system of checks and balances
AG
@EricHolder
’s full statement on today’s decision:
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The conservative majority on the NC Supreme Court has made a decision not based on legal principles, but on political partisanship.
We echo AG
@EricHolder
—today’s ruling to overturn the court's previous decision in
#HarpervHall
is abnormal and shameful.
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A negative decision in Merrill v. Milligan would mean the end of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act…
All because Alabamanians are fighting for fair representation by challenging a congressional map that was *correctly* ruled as an illegal gerrymander by a lower court.
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🆕🆕🆕
The NRF is supporting a group of Kansas voters and
@loud_light
in challenging the newly-passed congressional map. This map is a partisan gerrymander, and it dilutes the vote of Black & Hispanic voters in and around Kansas City.
Full statement:
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Oral argument in Moore v. Harper is ONE WEEK away, and it’s deeply alarming that enough justices even wanted to consider this clear misinterpretation of the Constitution.
The independent state legislature theory poses an existential threat to our democracy.
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Oral argument was conducted in the Kansas gerrymandering case Rivera v. Schwab.
KS voters &
@loud_light
, with the support of the NRF, effectively argued that the enacted congressional map is a partisan gerrymander & dilutes the voting power of minorities.
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In admitting this, it supports the plaintiffs’ argument that Florida’s congressional map violates the Fair Districts Amendment. If the plaintiffs prevail, a new remedial map will be in place in time for the 2024 primary elections.
The fight for fair maps in Florida continues.
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🆕🚨Today in New Hampshire:
The NH Supreme Court has announced it is assuming jurisdiction over the impasse suit filed in March by NH voters supported by the NRF, and that it intends to appoint Nate Persily—who has a reputation of independence & fairness—as a special master.
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The strategic cracking & packing of GA’s Black communities shows why Congress must pass the John Lewis
#VRAA
&
#FreedomToVoteAct
. These bills would strengthen protections for communities of color, ban congressional partisan gerrymandering, & put power in the hands of the people.
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Today the NC Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Harper v. Hall—the partisan gerrymandering case supported by NRF. The court now has what it needs to strike down the new congressional & state legislative maps as extreme partisan gerrymanders that violate the state constitution.
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🚨 BREAKING: The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear Moore v. Harper, a North Carolina “independent state legislature” (ISL) theory case that could potentially give state legislatures unchecked power to regulate *federal* elections.
An official NRF statement coming soon…
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Justice Elena Kagan suggests the Court’s precedent causes, specifically three recent cases, may present problems for the Moore lawyer’s argument.
#MooreVHarper
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BREAKING: In a huge victory for AL voters and democracy, SCOTUS has ruled in favor of NRF-supported plaintiffs in Allen v. Milligan! By protecting Section 2 of the VRA, today’s ruling enables our democracy to uphold the promise of one person, one vote.
More details to come soon.
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🆕⚖️Florida Litigation Update: The legal challenge against Florida’s congressional map in Black Voters Matter Capacity Building Institute v. Byrd has significantly strengthened as a result of the settlement made between the parties.
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⚖️ In a display of complete disregard of the norms of the judicial branch, the new conservative majority of the North Carolina Supreme Court just issued its 5-2 decision overturning Harper v. Hall to hold that partisan gerrymandering is nonjusticiable.
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VICTORY⚖️ A Florida judge has blocked the use of Congressional District 5 and ordered the implementation of a new map ahead of the 2022 midterms!
This comes after FL Republicans passed a congressional map that violates the FL Constitution. 🧵
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We echo AG
@EricHolder
, today’s ruling striking down The DeSantis Plan is a step in the right direction in granting Black Floridians the opportunity to elect candidates of their choice.
Full Statement:
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When we said we’re not done fighting for fair maps, we meant it. 😎
Yesterday, as part of a redraw order from the North Carolina Supreme Court, Republican legislators passed gerrymandered congressional and state Senate maps.👎🏼
But…
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Today, SCOTUS ruled in favor of NRF-supported voters in North Carolina in an extremely pivotal case for our democracy.
Our statement on how this victory leaves us better equipped to defend voters’ rights nationwide:
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The Vote Forward v. DeJoy suit seeks to reverse:
1⃣ The ban on late and extra delivery trips, and
2⃣ The decommissioning of sorting machines.
To read the full complaint, visit our website here ⬇
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🚨 BREAKING 🚨: Today, a group of voters supported by
@RedistrictFdn
has filed a lawsuit to stop the Trump Administration from violating the Constitution by excluding undocumented residents from congressional apportionment following the census.
Read more:
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The census is the bedrock of our democracy and we must fight to protect its integrity and secure an accurate census in 2020.
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“This shameful, delegitimizing decision to allow the unjust, blatant manipulation of North Carolina’s voting districts was not a function of legal principle, it was a function of political personnel and partisan opportunism.” —
@EricHolder
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"It is something that if the Supreme Court goes along with it, would really upend our system of checks and balances." — AG
@EricHolder
on independent state legislature theory and
#MooreVHarper
.
“It's a fringe theory that North Carolina Republicans are trying to use to make sure that the North Carolina Republican legislature has the sole responsibility of doing redistricting,” says former AG Holder on the upcoming Moore v. Harper Supreme Court case.
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#MoorevHarper
is coming to the U.S. Supreme Court tomorrow, Wednesday, December 7.
If the ISL theory at the center of this case prevails, our democracy is at risk. Legal and constitutional scholars, bipartisan voices, and civic groups are all sounding the alarm bell.
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A poorly-executed census would cause devastating, decade-long damage to our democracy by causing communities to miss out on more than $800B in federal funding for schools, infrastructure, and more, and would deny voters their right to equitable political representation.
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Our organization has been in the fight for fair maps in North Carolina since 2018—and now—this fight has ended up in the Supreme Court. Moore v. Harper will be argued next week. Timeline below on how we got here ⬇️
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FL’s new congressional map diminishes the ability of Black voters to elect representatives of their choice. This is a direct violation of the state constitution’s Fair Districts Amendment and it cannot stand.
Full statement from AG:
@EricHolder
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The plaintiffs in Vote Forward v. DeJoy rely on dependable mail service 📬 to help support our democracy. 🇺🇸
Read what a couple of them had to say about DeJoy’s attempt to weaponize the
@USPS
.
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Today, a North Carolina trial court reached a decision in the Harper v. Hall case—it has decided to uphold the egregiously gerrymandered state legislative & congressional maps.
Full statement:
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Today, North Carolina voters supported by the NRF pushed back. They presented the court with proposed congressional & state Senate plans that offer fair, compliant solutions that reflect the partisan preferences of NC and adhere to the court’s criteria.⬇️
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Today the NH Supreme Court heard arguments in Brown v. Scanlan—we told the court loud & clear that the Senate & Exec. Council maps are partisan gerrymanders in violation of the NH constitution. We're proud to support NH voters in their fight for
#FairMaps
.
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“It should not take seven months to come to an agreement on modest adjustments to one line to create two districts that accurately reflect population changes and the will of the people.” —
@marinakate31
Read more about our New Hampshire litigation ➡️
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If SCOTUS rules in favor of the fringe ISL theory at the center of
#MoorevHarper
, it would pave the way for politicians to manipulate elections and disregard voters.
SCOTUS must stop this power grab in its tracks.
#NoLawlessLawmakers
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🚨 BREAKING: Major census victory! 🚨
Today, a three-judge panel in Maryland became the third court to order that ALL persons living in the U.S. must be included in the
#2020Census
for purposes of apportionment, regardless of citizenship or immigration status.
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