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Imagine fighting a war on 10 battlefields. You and your opponent each have 200 soldiers, and your aim is to win as many battles as possible. How would you deploy your troops? If you spread them out evenly, sending 20 to each battlefield, your opponent could concentrate their own troops and easily win a majority of the fights.

The Math Behind Gerrymandering and...

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Gerrymanderers rig maps by "packing" and "cracking" their opponents. In packing, you cram many of the opposing party's supporters into a handful of districts, where they'll win by a much larger margin than they need. In cracking, you spread your opponent's remaining supporters across many districts, where they won't muster enough votes to win.

The Mathematics Behind Gerrymandering |...

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On a quiet Mississippi road, one evening in June 1964, a gang of Ku Klux Klansmen three workers canvassing with the Congress of Racial Equality. James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner, all under 25, had volunteered their summers to register African Americans throughout Mississippi to vote after decades of suppression by Jim Crow laws.

Automatic Voter Registration: A...

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Updated 9 months ago

FairVote is a nonpartisan champion of electoral reforms that give voters greater choice, a stronger voice, and a representative democracy that works for all Americans.

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Organizations: Voting Rights A variety of organizations advocate for stronger voting rights. Listed below are several major national organizations that work on this issue, providing legal and other expertise as well as helping to organize campaigns state by state.

Organizations: Voting Rights - Reclaim...

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