May 19, 2017 09:56 am PDT
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By sabotaging the 2020 census, Republicans make it harder to fight gerrymandering
The best way to fight gerrymandering is to prove to courts that electoral districts have been unfairly formed, a tactic that's been used successfully in places like North Carolina; but for this to work, you need good demographic data to show that the district is unfair, and for that, you need an accurate census. (more…)
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