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![Efforts to add anti-gerrymandering initiatives to the ballot in 2020 are underway in several states.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/06/GettyImages-171150935-400x300.jpg)
State Redistricting a Target for “Dark Money” After Supreme Court Ruling
Efforts to add anti-gerrymandering initiatives to the ballot in 2020 are underway in several states.
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SCOTUS Hands GOP Gerrymandering Victory, Ensuring “Massive Election Rigging”
The Supreme Court decision is a GOP victory that allows extreme partisan gerrymandering to continue.
![Demonstrators rally for fair election maps in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on March 26, 2019, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/06/2019_0627-gerrymandering-protest-400x300.jpg)
Right-Wing Supreme Court Gives Green Light to Partisan Gerrymandering
The ruling was 5-4 along party lines, with conservative Chief Justice John Roberts writing the majority opinion.
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Racist Gerrymandering Created a GOP Stronghold in the South. We Must Fight Back.
Rev. Dr. William Barber responds to his recent conviction for trespassing during a 2017 protest against gerrymandering.
![A woman holds a sign reading "EVERY PERSON COUNTS" during a protest, census](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/06/2019_0606-census-protest-400x300.jpg)
GOP Paid Millions to Operative Who Pushed Census Question Aimed to Help “Whites”
Thomas Hofeller, who devised the census citizenship question, was on the Republican Party payroll.
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How Voter Suppression and Gerrymandering Cleared the Path for Abortion Bans
The widespread attack on abortion rights across the country is tied directly to voter suppression.
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More Suing Over Gerrymandered Maps, But the Supreme Court Not Likely to Step In
A Supreme Court decision due in June will determine exactly how much autonomy states have to make election rules.
![Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell answers questions during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on May 14, 2019, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/05/2019_0529-mitch-mcconnell-400x300.jpg)
Mitch McConnell Is a Master Troll
McConnell’s brazen hypocrisy is an effective re-election tactic.
![Special Counsel Robert Mueller walks after attending church on March 24, 2019, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/03/GettyImages-1137965564-400x300.jpg)
Here’s What Was Happening While Everyone Was Talking About Mueller
Total vigilance today is thoroughly exhausting, and deadly necessary.
![President Trump boards Air Force One before departing from Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on January 14, 2019. Several polls show Trump’s bid for re-election will be difficult.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/02/2019_0228-one-term-400x300.jpg)
Is Donald Trump Destined to Be a One-Term President?
Several polls show Trump’s bid for re-election will be difficult.