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staff writer. Voting rights, redistricting, & maps. New Republic bylines & maps in WaPo. Voting Rights Roundup newsletter:

Portland, OR; Greensboro, NC native
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    27 Oct 2016

    These three maps show just how effectively gerrymandering can swing election outcomes

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    9 hours ago

    Hey 🇺🇸, Gerrymandering doesn't need to be a thing, it's easy to use non-partisan boundary processes; 🇦🇺 Australia has for decades: . So does 🇨🇦, 🇬🇧 and many others. , , , ,

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    11 hours ago

    We've crunched the 2016 presidential numbers for North Carolina's new legislative maps, but they very much remain a GOP gerrymander

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    12 hours ago

    this should be a first order of business for other democratic governors with friendly legislatures

    In the age of President Trump and voter suppression, states must expand, not just protect, voting rights. That’s why tomorrow I will sign into law among the most expansive Automatic Voter Registration policies in the nation to empower New Jerseyans to make their voices heard.
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    14 hours ago

    Here's an interesting stat: There are 51 GOP-held seats that Barack Obama carried in 2008, including 10 open seats

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  6. 14 hours ago

    The screenwriters of 2018 are a little too on the nose here

    Michael Cohen's previously unnamed third client is SEAN HANNITY.
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  7. 15 hours ago

    Great things are happening in New Jersey after Democrats took back full control of state government in 2017, & automatic voter registration is just the beginning

    In the age of President Trump and voter suppression, states must expand, not just protect, voting rights. That’s why tomorrow I will sign into law among the most expansive Automatic Voter Registration policies in the nation to empower New Jerseyans to make their voices heard.
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  8. Retweeted
    Apr 15

    My most PC opinion is that "tribalism" is an offensive term that does a (usually unintentional) disservice to American Indian tribes, and gains its power from the implicit idea that tribes (and thus American Indians) are irrational or incapable of thinking outside their group.

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  9. Retweeted
    Apr 15

    A number of actual experts on tribal governments have been sounding an alarm on this and I think journalists/political scientists interested in polarization should listen to them:

    Replying to @BrendanNyhan @UpshotNYT
    My oft-repeated PSA: Please rethink the use of "tribal" to describe insular. It's a real-life status. Members of 573 tribal governments are treble citizens: of their tribe, of the US, & of states. Not insular.
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  10. Apr 15

    Without widespread GOP gerrymandering, the Republican House majority would almost certainly be toast this November, but thanks to the district maps Dems are only modestly favored

    Data that point to a good midterm election cycle for Democrats: ▪️generic congressional ballot polling ▪️presidential approval polling ▪️House retirements ▪️special elections ▪️enthusiasm gap + shifts among white/educated/women voters Data that don’t: ▪️
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  11. Apr 15

    Progressives have a chance to win back a majority on the currently 5-2 conservative Michigan Supreme Court if they win both of this year's nonpartisan races. The court could play a key role in the fight against GOP gerrymandering & voter suppression

    There you have it. Democrats endorse University of Michigan professor Samuel Bagenstos and appellate attorney Megan Cavanagh for the Michigan Supreme Court
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  12. Apr 15

    Even citizens who have fully completed their felony sentences (including parole/probation) have to individually get the legislature to pass a measure to restore their voting rights, an impossibly high burden

    Semi-regular reminder that Mississippi's felon disenfranchisement law is explicitly, 100% Jim Crow in 2018.
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  13. Retweeted
    Apr 15

    this is why all of us, but particularly the left, need to massively shift attention to state-level policymaking. The federal government will not and cannot solve most of our big domestic problems. It’s almost as if the federal Constituton was designed to limit federal power.

    Most disturbing thing: by 2040 or so, 70 percent of Americans will live in 15 states. Meaning 30 percent of Americans will elect 70 senators. Wholly unrepresentative of the diversity in the country. And an immense challenge to the legitimacy of our system
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  14. Apr 15

    [New] Voting Rights Roundup: A majority on the Washington, D.C. city council backs a bill to lower the voting age to 16 following

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  15. Apr 14

    NY has an unusual “fusion” ballot where a candidate can accept the nomination of multiple parties, but the WFP is risking its ballot line if Nixon loses the Dem primary & doesn’t continue to the general. They mean business going after Cuomo for aiding GOP

    New York’s progressive Working Families Party has endorsed Cynthia Nixon in her Democratic primary challenge against GOP-enabling Gov. Andrew Cuomo
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  16. Apr 14

    New York’s progressive Working Families Party has endorsed Cynthia Nixon in her Democratic primary challenge against GOP-enabling Gov. Andrew Cuomo

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  17. Retweeted
    Apr 13

    By illegally bombing Syria, President Trump has once again denied the American people any oversight or accountability in this endless war. Congress, not the president, has the power to authorize military action.

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  18. Apr 13

    One congress member voted against this: . Let’s elect more people like her this November who’ll exercise Congress’ discretion over when to declare war

    the 2001 AUMF means "Any Use of Military Force, wherever & for forever"
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    15 Feb 2017

    History repeats itself The first time as tragedy The second time as farce

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    2 Mar 2017

    "Forget the myths the media created about the White House. The truth is, these aren't very bright guys, and things got out of hand."

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    Apr 13

    Black voters were more motivated to vote by messages about jobs and schools than by talking about Trump in experiments we did for December's Alabama senate race

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