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I say were looking for outcomes. >> exactly. >> thats most important. and african-american voters, we are on edge that our communities are being tagged by individuals who are real cops. we are concerned with the redistricting process thats taking place and the outcome thats going to present. this is the first time since 1960 that were doing redistricting without the full protection of the voting rights act. we have a midterm election thats coming up, state legislative races, u.s. senate, and con...

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Big fat thumb on the scales of democracy goes much further than that. last night, lawmakers in texas approved new u.s. house maps that according to the associated press, quote, favor incumbents and, surprise, decrease political representation for growing minority communities. from that a.p. report, "republicans have said they followed the law in defending the maps, which protect their slipping grip on texas by putting more gop-leaning voters into suburban districts where democrats have made inro...

Their goal for this redistricting process in order to protect their power artificially. and what you see from democrats both in the states where we are redistricting and also with the support of the freedom to vote act is a real belief in our democracy and how the system should work. we want the elections to be fair. we do want voters to be the ones who determine the outcome of these elections contrary to what thomas hofler said in your intro and we want them redrawn fairly in a way that reflect...

Gerrymandering in the country, too. >> well, thanks for having me and covering this with such a comprehensive intro there. youre right to cover what is happening now with redistricting in the context for this larger fight for the democracy. what you have right now is one party, the republican party willing to go to extreme lengths to subvert our democracy, to redistrict themselves into power for the decade, which is their words of their goal for this redistricting process in order to protect the...

Communities are being trampled over and how in states like texas, where theyre debating redistricting right now, trying to tie these black and latino districts into yurl districts where theres been no growth. voting rights in this country are being set back right now and states where republican legislatures are dominating the redistricting process and youve already seen these egregious anti-voting bills that republicans keep throwing up and the american publics face and it has to come to an end....

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Of congress, typically, you see this work out, as the congresswoman said, there are conversations. but lets be clear. it is not only republicans that are doing this. in new york state, the democrats are eliminating -- we have to lose one seat in new york. so theyre eliminating a republican seat. when the governor was asked if she would use her influence on the redistricting process to increase the democratic majority, she said yes. while the republicans use it far more egregiously, yeah, the dem...

The process of redrawing the boundaries of the states nine congressional districts, 100 Indiana House districts, and 50 Senate districts to adjust for population shifts over the past 10 years

>> nick, federal voting rights legislation is not passed. what is still on deck? what is working its way through state legislatures and soon to be passed by the end of this year or ahead of the midterms? >> well, in terms of legislation that might restrict access to voting, michigan is currently trying to do a work around of a likely veto by governor whitmer that would have a hole new host of restrictions, things like absentee ballots, looking at election administration, kind of similar to what ...