Thursday, October 06, 2011

(read) The Hidden Hands in Redistricting  
...... the first chapter in an in-depth Pro Publica examination of how powerful players are turning to increasingly sophisticated tools and techniques to game the redistricting process, with voters ultimately losing. 



By ARI BERMAN
AUGUST 30, 2011 7:40 PM ET Rolling Stone
..... a new crop of GOP governors and state legislators has passed a series of seemingly disconnected measures that could prevent millions of students, minorities, immigrants, ex-convicts and the elderly from casting ballots.


(WATCH) As Democracy Now host Amy Goodman talks with Lois Beckett
and Ari Berman






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