Rigging the Game - Part 1/2
July 22, 2022
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Shurik
7/22/2022, 5:56 PM
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Oh yeah? well have you considered Nu-uh!
Find out how redistricting is done in your state.
Find out if your state allows ballot initiatives.
Get in touch with groups organizing the fight against gerrymandering:
All On The Line
Brennan Center For Justice
Campaign Legal Center
Common Cause
League of Women Voters
References:
Anderson, Carol. One Person, No Vote. New York: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018.
AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. “Public Supportive of Many Voting Reforms.” AP-NORC. The Associated Press and NORC, April 2, 2021. Accessed August 19, 2021.
Bland, Scott, and Ally Mutnick. “Say goodbye to swing districts. Lawmakers are drawing easy wins in dozens of states.” Politico. Politico LLC, November 18, 2021. Accessed April 27, 2022.
Campaign Legal Center. “Bipartisan Poll Shows Strong Support for Redistricting Reform.” Campaign Legal Center. Campaign Legal Center, January 28, 2019. Accessed October 7, 2021.
Caughey, Devin, Chris Tausanovitch, and Christopher Warshaw. “Partisan Gerrymandering and the Political Process: Effects on Roll-Call Voting and State Policies.” Election Law Journal: Rules, Politics, and Policy 16, no. 4 (2017): 453-469.
Data for Progress. “67 Percent of Americans Support H.R.1 For The People Act.” Data for Progress. Data for Progress, January 22, 2021. Accessed October 7, 2021.
Davidson, Lee. “Anti-gerrymandering compromise headed to Utah governor.” The Salt Lake Tribune. The Salt Lake Tribune, March 11, 2020. Accessed December 15, 2021.
Eckam, Dan. “How multimember districts could end partisan gerrymandering.” The Fulcrum. Bridge Alliance Education Fund, September 24, 2020. Accessed July 14, 2022.
Flynn, Meagan, Ovetta Wiggins, and Erin Cox. “Judge throws out Maryland congressional map over ‘extreme’ gerrymandering.” The Washington Post. The Washington Post, March 25, 2022. Accessed June 27, 2022.
Keena, Alex, Michael Latner, Anthony J. McGann, and Charles Anthony Smith. Gerrymandering the States. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021.
Kennedy, Liz, and Billy Corriher. “Distorted Districts, Distorted Laws.” Center for American Progress. Center for American Progress, September 19, 2017. Accessed October 5, 2021.
Ogles, Jacob. “Florida Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to congressional map ahead of Midterms.” Florida Politics. Extensive Enterprises Media, June 2, 2022. Accessed July 26, 2022.
McGann, Anthony J., Charles Anthony Smith, Michael Latner, and Alex Keena. Gerrymandering in America. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Mutnick, Ally. “North Carolina Supreme Court strikes down GOP-drawn congressional map.” Politico. Politico LLC, February 4, 2022. Accessed March 28, 2022.
Navigator Research. “Most Americans Support the Freedom to Vote Act.” Navigator. Navigator Research, October 5, 2021. Accessed December 15, 2021.
Santos, Rita. Gerrymandering and Voting Districts. New York: Greenhaven Publishing, 2019.
Schiffres, Megan. “Virginia House panel rejects redistricting reform bills.” News Leader. News Leader, February 14, 2017. Accessed December 15, 2021.
Wilkes, Mackenzie. “Americans Don’t Trust Their Congressional Maps To Be Drawn Fairly. Can Anything Change That?” FiveThirtyEight. ABC News Internet Ventures, October 26, 2021. Accessed December 15, 2021.