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Category: Freedom to Vote

By the 14th Anniversary of Citizens United, SuperPACs and Candidates Spent Over $300 Million in IA, NH & SC

January 24, 2024January 24, 2024
January 21st was the 14th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, which opened the floodgates of money in political campaigns.   In Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, over $300 Million dollars has already been spent in just three early races. 
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SCOTUS Declines Stay Request from Michigan’s Independent Redistricting Commission; 19 State House & Senate Districts to be Redrawn

January 23, 2024January 23, 2024
We reported January 16th on a federal court finding that maps drawn by Michigan’s Independent Citizen Redistricting Commission diluted Black voting power and must be redrawn.  An appeal to keep the existing maps was declined Monday by the U.S. Supreme Court. 
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Voter ID Clarity Needed in North Carolina, and Better Pay Requested for Poll Workers in South Carolina

January 22, 2024January 22, 2024
We’re in the Carolinas today, where South Carolina’s election director appealed for higher pay to replace poll workers driven off by threats and low wages, and North Carolina democracy groups want clarity of new restrictive voter ID rules.
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Louisiana Legislature Hashes Out New Court-Ordered Congressional Maps with Two Majority Black Districts

January 17, 2024January 17, 2024
Racing the clock, the Louisiana legislature meets this week to hash out new court-ordered Congressional voting districts, with two of them being majority Black.  They’re also considering new state supreme court districts.
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Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission’s Maps for Greater Detroit Under Scrutiny for Voting Rights Act Violations. What Happened?

January 15, 2024January 15, 2024
In December 2023, a federal court threw out state redistricting maps for greater Detroit, drawn by the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission, or MICRC. Truly independent redistricting is the gold standard; so what happened?
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