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Instead, the Democrat is introducing a bill that would create an independent commission to draw the lines.

The Connecticut State Supreme Court has again tapped law professor Nathaniel Persily to help redraw the state’s congressional district lines after a...

Moments of my life, but also some of the most challenging. >> murphy serves on the january 6 committee. florida republicans have targeted her seat in the redistricting process. all these retirements could add more pressure on democrats as they try to hold onto their razor-thin majority next november. just 11 house republicans announced they are not seeking another term. the january 6 committee seeking to talk to its first lawmaker. scott perry of pennsylvania was asked to sit down for an inter...

You look at the percentages of black and brown constituents in the redistricting process and how they broke up all the those communities and dispersed their vote. it is certainly a case for violations of section two of the voting rights act. >> you talk about the percentages and the breakdown. your precinct, roughly 66% of eligible voters are black to hispanic. under redistricting, that number falls to 30 perts. >> you are right on those percentages. thats the interesting thing i

Getting that measure passed with a simple majority. still schumer is hoping for a path forward in the next couple of days, manchin too. how would this play out, leigh ann? >> its going to be very difficult. its very unlikely still, but there does seem to be momentum in the senate to try to get this done before they leave. they know that theyre not going to build back better before they leave town, and so they need a big win for democrats, and they also say that they note that redistricting is go...

More of this, of something like this? >> well, i hope so. i mean, when you think about some of the senators, the outcome of their election is a direct result of communities who will be negatively impacted if we dont provide voting rights protections. several legislative bodies across the country will be convening and drawing duct lines. it will be the first time since the 1960s that redistricting process -- jgerrymandering woul drive it. >> a passionate speech in the senate. he talked about voti...

Elections, they need to take on gerrymandering. both sides are guilty of creating districts like these, broken puzzle pieces that look more like rorschach tests. but republicans are going to new lengths to pre-determine outcomes. they control the redistricting process in far more places than democrats, and it has led to this, new political maps that kill swing districts from coast to coast. ive got the perfect person to break this down and how it can impact your vote. election expert david wasse...

More like rorschach tests. but republicans are going to new lengths to pre-determine outcomes. they control the redistricting process in far more places than democrats, and it has led to this, new political maps that kill swing districts from coast to coast. ive got the perfect person to break this down and how it can impact your vote. election expert david wasserman is the senior editor for the cook political report. david, thank you so much for being here. there are 435 congressional districts...

Protection of voting rights, climate, all of these things are directly connected to the problem of gerrymandering and the need for a fair redistricting process. >> and a fair -- speak more about a fair redistricting process. is that a redistricting commission? nonpartisan or bipartisan commission where not the legislators get involved but this commission gets involved in drawing the maps? >> yeah. i think thats the gold standard. if you can come up with a good redistricting commission, thats the...

Hispanic voters and particularly because it dilutes their voting power. for instance, one of the statistics that the justice department says in this new lawsuit that was filed today, they say that about 4 million people were added to the texas population between 2010 and 2020. 95% of that growth was from latinos. texas added two congressional seats from that redistricting process, and of those two seats, both of them were drawn with a majority white voting population. so this was shown to -- the...