Hi,

Think Congress is a mess now? Just wait.

The Supreme Court just wiped away some of the last meaningful remaining
restrictions on gerrymandering — the practice of manipulating elections by
drawing district lines to favor one political party over the other.^1

That means we'll have even more clowns in Congress like Marjorie Taylor
Greene who have no chance of ever losing reelection, no matter how extreme
or incompetent they might be. It means even less responsiveness to
constituents, since 90% of districts are already totally noncompetitive.^2

And it almost surely means an even bigger partisan bias toward
Republicans.

That's why we've mobilized tens of thousands of people to demand Congress
to pass the Freedom to Vote Act to end partisan, racist gerrymandering. In
the wake of this awful Supreme Court decision, we must turn up the heat.^3

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our work, including ending racist, partisan gerrymandering?

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Gerrymandering is one of the core reasons Congress is such a dumpster
fire.

Already, 9 in 10 congressional districts are so slanted to one party or
the other that there's no way the incumbent party could ever lose.^4

And because the GOP tends to benefit more from gerrymandering, it's a
built-in advantage for Republicans that has allowed them to lose the
popular vote for Congress yet still keep the majority.^5

The Supreme Court legalized partisan gerrymandering in 2019, and last week
they eliminated any meaningful legal restrictions on racial
gerrymandering, so state legislatures can now draw maps to severely
diminish the political power of Black voters.^6

Justice Clarence Thomas wrote a concurring opinion that would go even
further by getting rid of the "one person, one vote" rule, so districts
wouldn't even need to have the same population.^7

Enough is enough. We need to pass the Freedom to Vote Act to end partisan,
racist gerrymandering, and as a grassroots-funded organization, we rely on
donations from people like you to fund this vital work.

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Congress to help end racist and partisan gerrymandering, and push for
other key reforms.

With gratitude,

The team at Demand Progress Action

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Sources:
1. The New York Times, "Supreme Court Sides With Republicans Over South
Carolina Voting Map," [ [link removed] ]May 23, 2024.
2. The Hill, "Only 10 percent of House races were competitive in midterms:
advocacy group," [ [link removed] ]March 13, 2023.
3. Democracy Docket, "House and Senate Democrats Reintroduce the Freedom
to Vote Act ," [ [link removed] ]July 18, 2023.
4. The Washington Post, "Competitive House districts are getting wiped off
the map," [ [link removed] ]November 23, 2021.
5. The New York Times, "The Great Gerrymander of 2012," [ [link removed] ]February 2,
2013.
6. Brennan Center for Justice, "The Supreme Court Just Made Gerrymandering
Even Easier," [ [link removed] ]May 29, 2024.
7. Slate, "Clarence Thomas Makes a Full-Throated Case for Racial
Gerrymandering," [ [link removed] ]May 23, 2024.
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