NEW YORK TIMES: “Republicans’ upper hand in the redistricting process… provides the party with what could be a nearly insurmountable advantage in the 2022 midterm elections”[1]
My friend,
A new report from The New York Times this week sends chills down my spine: far-right politicians are releasing highly partisan gerrymandered electoral maps using the 2020 Census data.
Control of the House of Representatives hangs in the balance with these maps. And with Democrats' slim five-seat majority, extreme partisan gerrymandering in just a handful of states could deliver Republicans the majority – making far-right Trump lackey Kevin McCarthy Speaker of the House! We cannot allow them to rig our elections for the next decade, let alone for the 2022 midterms.
We're on the verge of an anti-democracy power grab that only the Senate can stop.
The Freedom to Vote Act includes robust provisions designed to eliminate partisan gerrymandering by 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, gerrymandering voting districts is one more tool the Far Right plans to use to steal the next election. If we don’t act right away, power-hungry politicians will abuse their control of the redistricting process to cement their grip on power – no matter what the voters have to say about it.
Sign now to urge the Senate to stop partisan gerrymandering! >>
Thank you for all that you do.
– Ben Jealous, President
[1] “Republicans Gain Heavy House Edge in 2022 as Gerrymandered Maps Emerge.” (The New York Times, 11/15/2021.)
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