by Holly Bland | Jan 25, 2021 | Newsroom
By Stef W. Kight Democrats are preparing a mix of tech and legal strategies to combat expected gerrymandering by Republicans, who are planning to go on legal offense themselves. Why it matters: Democrats failed to regain a single state legislature on Election Day,...
by Holly Bland | Jan 22, 2021 | Newsroom
By Hansi Lo Wang The U.S. Census Bureau has stopped working on a Trump administration-initiated project to produce citizenship data that could have politically benefited Republicans when voting districts are redrawn. Citing President Biden’s executive order...
by Holly Bland | Jan 19, 2021 | Newsroom
Taking a position as inflammatory as refusing to certify a fair election would be riskier for G.O.P. lawmakers if they needed to appeal to an electorate beyond their next set of primary voters. By Reid J. Epstein and Nick Corasaniti Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio...
by Holly Bland | Dec 31, 2020 | Newsroom
By Larry Eriksson Republicans have made Wisconsin one of the most gerrymandered states in the country. In the Nov. 3 elections for the state Assembly, Democrats received 46% of the votes, but only 38% of the Assembly seats. In the elections for the state...
by Holly Bland | Dec 28, 2020 | Newsroom
With several states poised to gain or lose seats in the House, Republicans and Democrats gear up for fights in legislatures, courts By Natalie Andrews The fight over House districts in 2022 is starting well before new lines on state maps are drawn. Lawmakers, outside...
by Holly Bland | Dec 23, 2020 | Newsroom
By Henry Redman In a time of overlapping crises, rural Wisconsin shifted further to the right in 2020, voting overwhelmingly for President Donald Trump by often higher margins than in 2016. But in just over a month, President-elect Joe Biden will be sworn in and the...
