Maddie Daugherty
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probably retweeting sports stuff | a2 • UM • sf • bos | she/her
What’s the best upset you’ve watched in college football? #CFB
🚨 JB Pritzker announces that Illinois will be fighting back against right-wing gerrymandering. This could net Democrats up to 3 additional seats in Congress.
🚨BREAKING🚨 Democratic Governor of New York Kathy Hochul says, “I’m working with the Legislature to change New York’s redistricting process so we can fight back against Washington’s attempts to rig our democracy.”
Justice Clarence Thomas in his concurrence agreeing with the Supreme Court’s decision in weakening the Voting Rights Act: “Today’s decision should largely put an end to this ‘disastrous misadventure’ in voting-rights jurisprudence”
🔴 News - Florida State Senate passes the new Congress map netting Republicans 4 seats
BREAKING: Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito authored the new Voting Rights Act SCOTUS Decision today
If Republicans aggressively gerrymander the South and eliminate up to 10 Democratic seats under a narrowed VRA, Democrats could become desperate and respond with absurd maps in blue states. This 17-0 Illinois map could become legal, flipping three seats from 🔴 to 🔵.
I can't believe we are going back on civil rights. Unbelievable.
If Republicans aggressively gerrymander the South and eliminate up to 10 Democratic seats under a narrowed VRA, Democrats could become desperate and respond with absurd maps in blue states. This 17-0 Illinois map could become legal, flipping three seats from 🔴 to 🔵.
LOUISIANA: Mark your calendars for May 16 and VOTE NO ON THEM ALL! Our legislators are trying AGAIN to disenfranchise the people. This after we spoke with ONE VOICE and OVERWHELMINGLY voted against these constitutional amendments last year. VOTE NO 5/16 noonall.org
If Republicans aggressively gerrymander the South and eliminate up to 10 Democratic seats under a narrowed VRA, Democrats could become desperate and respond with absurd maps in blue states. This 17-0 Illinois map could become legal, flipping three seats from 🔴 to 🔵.
Supreme Court Voting Rights Act Ruling Opens Door for Southern States to Redraw Maps, Dismantle Majority-Black Districts
LANDMARK DECISION — The Supreme Court has narrowed Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act with their decision in Louisiana v. Callais, opening the door to sweeping redistricting changes across the South that could erase up to 10 majority-Black seats and flip them from blue to red.
