New York Times: The Census Bureau [released] data on Thursday, kicking off a huge fight over political redistricting, with control of Congress potentially hanging in the balance.
People For Member,
Yesterday, the U.S. Census Bureau released critical district-level data and set off what will be the most consequential redistricting battle of our generation. Control of the House of Representatives hangs in the balance with the slim majority Democrats currently hold, and partisan gerrymandering by right-wing state lawmakers could alter the way our government works for the rest of our lifetimes.
The House has already taken vital action to stop partisan gerrymandering with its passage of the For the People Act. Now the Senate needs to do the same and rein in state legislatures across the country eager to draw districts that subvert democracy.
Voters should choose their elected officials, not the other way around.
The For the People Act (S. 1) includes robust provisions designed to eliminate all partisan gerrymandering by both laying out easily applied rules for district maps and providing protections for communities of color. In order to ensure that our district maps are drawn fairly in a way that allows communities to choose their leaders, and with enough time for any changes to be implemented before the 2022 midterms, it is critical that this bill is passed without delay.
In addition to the voter suppression laws you've heard so much about this year in states like Georgia and Arizona, gerrymandering voting districts is one more tool the Far Right plans to use to steal the next election. We cannot afford to let politicians draw deeply partisan and racially divisive districts that deprive voters of the chance to elect the best leaders for their communities.
If we don’t act right away, power-hungry politicians will abuse their control of the process to create gerrymandered maps. We the People will not be excluded from the redistricting process or silenced by gerrymandering.
Thank you for all that you do.
Ben Jealous, President
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