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By Chris deLaubenfels, Director of Policy and Communications, Let America Vote Contempt and the Census On Wednesday, Congress voted to hold Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt for refusing to comply with subpoenas related to why the Trump administration wanted to add the citizenship question to the 2020 census. Last […]

By Chris deLaubenfels, Director of Policy and Communications, Let America Vote 2020 Census Victory It looks like the rollercoaster ride of whether or not the citizenship question will go on the 2020 census has finally come to an end. On Thursday, President Trump announced that his citizenship question would not be going on the 2020 […]

By Chris deLaubenfels, Director of Policy and Communications, Let America Vote SCOTUS on Gerrymandering: Not My Problem In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court held that partisan gerrymandering is nonjusticiable. What does nonjusticiable mean? Basically that even if a gerrymander violates citizens’ constitutional rights (it does) it is not the role of the courts to […]

By Chris deLaubenfels, Director of Policy and Communications, Let America Vote An End to Gerrymandering in the Granite State? As we wait for the Supreme Court’s decision on extreme partisan gerrymandering, Democratic legislators in New Hampshire have moved a bill forward that would establish an independent redistricting panel to draw the state’s legislative districts after […]

By Chris deLaubenfels, Director of Policy and Communications, Let America Vote Lies and Racial Gerrymandering The unearthed files of GOP gerrymandering mastermind Thomas Hofeller continue to reveal the extent of Republicans’ lies in implementing anti-voter policies. First, Hofeller’s files shed light on the true origin of the racist, pro-Republican citizenship question on the 2020 census. […]

By Chris deLaubenfels The 2020 Census: Advantageous to Republicans and Whites Last week, news broke that Thomas Hofeller, the GOP strategist behind Republicans’ gerrymandering strategy, was the driving force behind adding a citizenship question to the 2020 Census. Hofeller wrote that adding a citizenship question “would be advantageous to Republicans and non-Hispanic whites.” Hofeller later […]