In the 2020 presidential election, 66 million Americans voted with a mailed-out ballot after most states loosened restrictions on qualifications to vote by mail to make voting safer in the pandemic. Another 36 million people voted in person at an early voting site before Election Day after many states expanded this option.
Together, more than 56 million voters cast a ballot in a different way than in 2016, which was extraordinary, as one recent scholarly study said. North Carolina s increase in using mailed-out ballots, alone, was fivefold. Georgia s was sixfold. Wisconsin s was fifteenfold.
The presidential election set a turnout record and has since led to a record number of election administration bills in state legislatures, some preserving last fall s expanded voting options and others rolling back those choices. Those state-by-state fights have led to some of the highest-profile voting rights battles since the early 1960s. Both parties are claiming that their vision for pol
When politicians redistrict, they’re effectively shifting political power across regions. And with prison gerrymandering, incarcerated populations are counted as part of their facility’s district, rather than part of their home community.
In a report released last Monday, the TCRP warned that prison gerrymandering gives certain districts unfair advantages because prisoners in those areas are not actually part of the community. At the same time, prison gerrymandering reduces the political sway of prisoners’ home communities.
A small number of rural regions stand to gain a disproportionate amount of political power in Texas to the detriment of urban areas and other rural regions, the TCRP wrote in the report. Such underrepresentation exacerbates socioeconomic disparities rooted in race-based discrimination.
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Local organizations grade Bidenâs first 100 days in office
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For many people in the Rio Grande Valley, immigration directly impacts their lives.
Three local organizations – La Union del Pueblo Entero, RGV Equal Voice and the Texas Civil Rights Project – created “Biden’s First 100 days, a report that grades the presidential administration on 11 issues related to border militarization and immigration.
The report said Biden has failed to deliver on eight issues.
The groups cited the need for more humanitarian aid and less border patrol presence in the area.