As redistricting process begins, Connecticut must abolish prison gerrymandering
In 2021, Connecticut’s legislators will undertake the legislative redistricting process that must occur every ten years. Before they do, they have a once-in-a-decade opportunity to eliminate an unjust and discriminatory redistricting practice that has no place in our state: prison gerrymandering.
“Prison gerrymandering” is a simple concept. When drawing districts, Connecticut counts the vast majority of people in their home communities. But Connecticut currently considers incarcerated people as residents of the prisons where they are incarcerated, rather than of their home communities. This decision introduces significant unfairness into Connecticut’s redistricting process and has serious racial effects.
Republican-led legislatures push forward with efforts to restrict voting access
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Republican-led legislatures push forward with efforts to restrict voting access CNN 1 hr ago By Fredreka Schouten, CNN © Megan Varner/Getty Images In this March 8, 2021, file photo, demonstrators stand outside the Georgia state Capitol in Atlanta in opposition to House Bill 531.
Republican-controlled legislatures are charging forward with a raft of new state laws imposing limits on voting.
GOP lawmakers in Montana recently passed new voting restrictions. And GOP legislators in Florida, Arizona and Texas soon could follow as Republicans scramble to change the ground rules for future elections. It s continuing full-speed ahead on this nationwide trend by state legislators to restrict voting access, said Jonathan Diaz, legal counsel for voting rights at the nonpartisan Campaign Legal Center.