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Lawmakers are proposing some maps that could give republicans an 11-3 advantage in the states congressional delegation. 48% of people in north carolina voted for joe biden in the 2020 election. congresswoman, what do you make of the redistricting efforts by republicans in your own state? >> it goes back to picking your voters rather than letting voters have proportionate representation. north carolina is a purple state. were very evenly divided. we have a democratic governor, an attorney general...

Those had to be precleared, right, by the department of justice to make sure they were not harming voters who have been historically marginalized. that clearance no longer necessary. without that preclearance, these maps are being drawn. they can be approved with impunity in these gop controlled legislatures unless a court declares after the fact, not before, after the fact that those newly drawn districts can negatively impact voters of color, other marginalized folks. >> which is also why its ...

Present danger thats going to have long term impacts, joy. you talked about it in your opening. you said okay, these redistricting cuts they made to the districts, they dont have to deal with preclearance and dont have to deal with the freedom to vote act and they know that because republicans in congress have their back and working hard to ensure republicans will have control when those two new districts and they again, eliminated even a majority minority district already there. so now theyre g...

Gerrymandering and the author of "unrigged: how americans battled back to save democracy." its great to have you with us. lets talk about texas and whats going on for a moment. these huge demographic shifts, theyre not being reflected in the maps. thats just a fact. plus that state is dealing with a new restrictive voting law. how hard is it going to be for democrats there to overcome this? and is even -- is overcoming this even possible at this point? >> well, itll be tough. i worked at the jus...

Geographic realities have changed over the course of the decade. you use the census data as a road map and that is how you know the maps are fair and reflecting what the voters want in that state. >> as i mentioned anti-trump republican adam kinzinger would be remapped into a left leaning congressional district in illinois under those maps. have a listen to what he had to say today about why he voted against the john lewis voting rights act. >> the voting rights act in the mid 60s came out with ...

Re-districting map dont necessarily reflect that. so what is going to happen is that the justice department is going to have the option, given that they dont have preclearance anymore, filing a lawsuit under section two. and i think that you are going to see a number of groups challenge those maps. and they will be stuck in the courts, and unfortunately the supreme court is not in our favor. that is why you saw a number of the texas legislators in washington d.c. and walking out in august trying...

Watch. >> you can call a bill the voting rights act and then left wing twitter goes nuts about this by the way, and they can say you voted against voting rights without looking into the details. the details, the voting rights act in the mid 60s came out with preclearance. that went on into perpetuity. it was intended to be temporary. in 2013 the u.s. supreme court threw that provision out and said history changes. we cant keep pretending like its 1965. >> ive got to tell you something, represent...

Is the first draft of a map that came out on friday. youll see many drafts over the series of weeks that will go on in illinois and some people will say there is not enough seats in illinois for democrats. some people said there is too many. that is par for the course in the process itself but i think the really important thing to remember when were thinking about redistricting is why we redistrict and we redistrict to reset the maps so they reflect what is happening in the country and how the d...

By republican adam. this morning when congressman was asked why he didnt support the john lewis wright act, -- would restore the preclearance provision. watch. >> you can call the build the voting rights act and left wing twitter goes nuts about this, by the, way and say that you voted against voting rights. without even looking at the details of this. and the quick details, the voting rights act in the mid sixties came up with a temporary provision called preclearance. that one opportunity was ...

Able to get lucy mcbath out of the sixth congressional district. and we know that traditionally partisan gerrymandering has harmed both sides of the aisle. so with the preclearance revision from the 1965 civil rights act we dont have a lot of opportunities to even litigate in court after these maps are passed. so were relying on congress to respond to these needs. because if we allow republicans to move forward with partisan and racialized gerrymandering, its going to change the outlook of our s...