TELL CONGRESS: Clarence Thomas and the right-wing Justices on SCOTUS will
let states get away with gutting voting rights and racist gerrymandering
if our lawmakers don't act. Sign the petition: Urge Congress to end
racist, partisan gerrymandering by passing the Freedom to Vote Act!
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Hi,

The Supreme Court just made it harder to stop racist gerrymandering.

The right-wing conservatives on SCOTUS ruled against the NAACP in a case
where the organization claimed that GOP lawmakers in South Carolina redrew
Congressional maps to confine the democratic voting power of Black
residents into a single district. Clarence Thomas went even further,
saying Courts should stay out of such cases altogether and allow states to
gerrymander as much as they want.^1 That would leave a lot of power in the
hands of state lawmakers with political, race-based motives.

This is another right-wing SCOTUS ruling that hurts our democracy and our
voting rights. We need Congress to pass the Freedom to Vote Act to end
partisan, racist gerrymandering.

[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition: Urge Congress to end racist, partisan
gerrymandering!

ADD YOUR NAME

GOP gerrymandering is extremely beneficial to Republican elected officials
and extremely detrimental to the people. GOP lawmakers across the country
are engaging in partisan gerrymandering to silence certain voters,
especially in communities with voters of color, and give Republicans an
unfair and undemocratic advantage in elections.

This SCOTUS ruling authored by Samuel Alito will open the floodgates to
even more suppressive, discriminatory, and undemocratic redistricting
nationwide WITHOUT the backstop of federal courts.

We cannot allow the GOP to silence voters, and we surely cannot allow the
Supreme Court to have the last word on legitimizing the GOP’s
gerrymandering. Congress must pass the Freedom to Vote Act now!

[ [link removed] ]Add your name: Tell Congress to ban racist gerrymandering by passing
the Freedom to Vote Act.

Thanks for taking action,

Joey and the team at Demand Progress

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Sources:

 1. Salon, “Expert says SCOTUS ruling subjects Black voters to 'abuse.'
Clarence Thomas wants to go even further,” [ [link removed] ]May 25, 2024.

 
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