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I’ve Fought For Black Voters To Be Heard In Louisiana. Here’s What I’m telling Them Now – Ashley K. Shelton

I’ve Fought For Black Voters To Be Heard In Louisiana. Here’s What I’m telling Them Now – Ashley K. Shelton

The Supreme Court ruling in Louisiana v. Callais, in which the court’s six conservative justices eviscerated the Voting Rights Act, raises a fundamental question: What is citizenship without representation? That’s a question that Black voters here in Louisiana are asking. Black residents make up about a third of Louisiana’s population and only recently secured fair representation at the congressional […]Click to read I’ve Fought For Black Voters To Be Heard In Louisiana. Here’s What I’m telling Them Now – Ashley K. Shelton
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Redistricting Roadmap to 2032

Redistricting Roadmap to 2032

Fair Representation in Redistricting (FRR) is proud to launch the Redistricting Roadmap to 2032, a new resource for advocates that lays out year-by-year priorities and milestones for nonpartisan, community-centered redistricting that advances equity for communities of color and other underrepresented groups. Developed by FRR, the Roadmap is the result of extensive consultation, collaboration, and strategy-building […]Click to read Redistricting Roadmap to 2032
  • Missouri Independent
Missouri Referendum Campaign Says It Has Enough Signatures To Challenge Gerrymandered Map

Missouri Referendum Campaign Says It Has Enough Signatures To Challenge Gerrymandered Map

Backers of a proposed referendum on Missouri’s gerrymandered congressional plan believe they have met the minimum number of signatures needed to make the November’s ballot. Updated data, posted Monday morning by People Not Politicians, the political action committee that organized a referendum petition drive, shows that the petition has at least 129% of the required […]Click to read Missouri Referendum Campaign Says It Has Enough Signatures To Challenge Gerrymandered Map
  • NPR
How A Citizenship Question Could Change Redistricting

How A Citizenship Question Could Change Redistricting

“A next potential front in the redistricting war could involve who is counted for state legislative districts. For decades, mapmakers have generally drawn the districts that state lawmakers represent based on the total number of people living in an area. But Republican officials in some states have called for using a narrower population: only “eligible […]Click to read How A Citizenship Question Could Change Redistricting
  • NPR
A Supreme Court ruling could bring historic drop in Black representation in Congress

A Supreme Court ruling could bring historic drop in Black representation in Congress

“The United States could be headed toward the largest-ever decline in representation by Black members of Congress, depending on how the Supreme Court rules in a closely watched redistricting case about the Voting Rights Act. For decades, the landmark law that came out of the Civil Rights Movement has protected the collective voting power of racial minorities […]Click to read A Supreme Court ruling could bring historic drop in Black representation in Congress
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New Report: Lessons for Philanthropy from 2020 Census and Redistricting in Pennsylvania

New Report: Lessons for Philanthropy from 2020 Census and Redistricting in Pennsylvania

FRR is excited to share a new case study showing how advocates in Pennsylvania used an integrated census and redistricting strategy to significantly improve community representation in both the state’s census count and its maps.  Commissioned by the William Penn Foundation and The Heinz Endowments, in partnership with the Census Funders Collaborative (formerly Census Equity Initiative) […]Click to read New Report: Lessons for Philanthropy from 2020 Census and Redistricting in Pennsylvania
  • Reuters

US Supreme Court conservatives appear willing to blunt key Voting Rights Act provision

The U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative justices signaled their willingness on Wednesday to undercut another key section of the Voting Rights Act, the landmark 1965 federal law enacted by Congress to prevent racial discrimination in voting. Questions they posed during arguments in a major case involving Louisiana electoral districts reflected an interest in curbing the Voting Rights […]Click to read US Supreme Court conservatives appear willing to blunt key Voting Rights Act provision
  • Fair Representation in Redistricting
New “Redistricting Roadmap” for Funders

New “Redistricting Roadmap” for Funders

Fair Representation in Redistricting (FRR) is proud to launch the Redistricting Roadmap to 2032, a new funder resource that lays out year-by-year priorities, milestones, and funding needs for nonpartisan, community-centered redistricting that advances equity for communities of color and other underrepresented groups. Developed by FRR, the Roadmap is the result of extensive consultation, collaboration, and […]Click to read New “Redistricting Roadmap” for Funders
  • The New York Times

Justices Seem Likely to Uphold Louisiana Map With 2 Majority-Black Districts

A majority of the Supreme Court appeared ready on Monday to allow Louisiana to continue using a congressional voting map that includes two majority-Black districts in the state. The question before the court: Did Louisiana lawmakers improperly rely on race when they drafted the map? The case could not only shift the boundaries of majority-Black […]Click to read Justices Seem Likely to Uphold Louisiana Map With 2 Majority-Black Districts
  • The New York Times

The Death of Competition in American Elections

A vast majority of 2024 races for Congress and state legislatures were decided by low-turnout or meaningless primaries. The trend is making politics more polarized and eroding public trust.Click to read The Death of Competition in American Elections