Sick Kansas Republican, Absent for Entire Legislative Session, Shows Up to Enact Gerrymandered Map
Kansas state Reps. Michael Houser, left, of Columbus, and Richard Proehl on April 2, 2014.John Hanna/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.An anti-vaccine Kansas Republican, sick with an undisclosed illness, was so dedicated to overriding a Democratic governor’s veto of a gerrymandered…
North Carolina Supreme Court Strikes Down Republican Gerrymanders
Gerry Broome/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.The North Carolina state Supreme Court has thrown out a set of district maps that were assailed as “racially gerrymandered” after being ushered through the Republican-controlled legislature, finding them to be an unconstitutional violation of voters’ civil…
We Uncovered How Many Georgians Were Disenfranchised by GOP Voting Restrictions. It’s Staggering.
A voter drops a ballot off during early voting on October 19, 2020, in Athens, Georgia.John Bazemore/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.“States are not engaging in trying to suppress voters whatsoever,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) declared last year. Facts…
GOP States Are Shredding Voting Rights and Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema Are Now Complicit
Senate TV/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.For the fifth time during the last year, Senate Republicans blocked Democrats on Wednesday from passing sweeping legislation that would roll back GOP efforts to make it harder to vote. Their justification: there is no…
Ohio Supreme Court Rejects Gerrymandered Congressional Maps
Members of the Ohio Senate Government Oversight Committee hear testimony on a new map of state congressional districts at the Ohio StatehouseJulie Carr Smyth/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.In a 4–3 decision Friday, the Ohio Supreme Court rejected the state’s new…
Kyrsten Sinema Just Killed the Democrats’ Last, Best Chance to Protect Voting Rights
Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.On the Senate floor on Thursday, just hours before President Joe Biden was set to meet with Senate Democrats, Kyrsten Sinema made clear her opposition to changing the Senate rules to pass voting rights…