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Prison-based gerrymandering |
How do Republicans manage to Gerrymander your votes when it's un Constitutional. While they plead to continue mass murdering hiding behind the second amendment.
Prison-based gerrymandering
Prison-based gerrymandering occurs when prisoners are counted as
residents of a particular district, increasing the district's population with
non-voters when assigning political apportionment. This phenomenon violates the
principle of one
person, one vote because,
although many prisoners come from (and return to) urban communities, they are
counted as "residents" of the rural districts that contain large
prisons, thereby artificially inflating the political representation in
districts with prisons at the expense of voters in all other districts without
prisons.[15] Others contend that prisoners should
not be counted as residents of their original districts when they do not reside
there and arenot
legally eligible to vote.
Census Bureau Contributes to Prison-based Gerrymandering
By Leah Sakala
When Brooklyn native Ramon Velasquez was sentenced to prison, he was transported to the Attica Correctional Facility, about six hours and 350 miles from his home. Although acutely aware that he was far from where he lived, Velasquez did not realize that his transfer to Attica would also result in his community’s political clout being displaced. That’s because the U.S. Census Bureau—contrary to the provision of the New York State Constitution, which considers Velasquez a resident of Brooklyn even during his time in prison—counted him (and all other incarcerated persons in the United States) at the location of the prison rather than at his home.
Velasquez assumed that he would be counted in his home district during his prison sentence. After all, he had no connection to the local community in the district in which he was imprisoned. Incarcerated people are not allowed to use local services and do not participate in local community affairs in any meaningful way. If allowed to vote, they are required to cast absentee ballots in their home districts. As Velasquez wrote in the Huffington Post, “I always considered Brooklyn my home, which is where my family lives.” And that’s where he returned directly upon his release.
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Census Bureau Contributes to Prison-based GerrymanderingBy Leah Sakala
When Brooklyn native Ramon Velasquez was sentenced to prison, he was transported to the Attica Correctional Facility, about six hours and 350 miles from his home. Although acutely aware that he was far from where he lived, Velasquez did not realize that his transfer to Attica would also result in his community’s political clout being displaced. That’s because the U.S. Census Bureau—contrary to the provision of the New York State Constitution, which considers Velasquez a resident of Brooklyn even during his time in prison—counted him (and all other incarcerated persons in the United States) at the location of the prison rather than at his home.
Velasquez assumed that he would be counted in his home district during his prison sentence. After all, he had no connection to the local community in the district in which he was imprisoned. Incarcerated people are not allowed to use local services and do not participate in local community affairs in any meaningful way. If allowed to vote, they are required to cast absentee ballots in their home districts. As Velasquez wrote in the Huffington Post, “I always considered Brooklyn my home, which is where my family lives.” And that’s where he returned directly upon his release. |
UnconstitutionalKarcher v. Daggett, 462 U.S. 725 (1983), was a United States
Supreme Court case involving the legality of
redistricting, and possibly gerrymandering, in the state
of New Jersey.[1][2][3]Background
The New Jersey Legislature adopted a redistricting plan which resulted in a one percent population difference between the largest and smallest districts. Several citizens came forward and challenged the legislation, claiming it violated Article I, Section 2 of the Constitution. The district court ruled in favor of the plaintiffs and determined the law to be unconstitutional. The defendants appealed to the Supreme Court.[1][2][3]
The "equal representation" standard of Article I, Section 2 requires districts to be apportioned to population equality to the closest possible degree. The population differences here could have been avoided with a good faith effort to achieve population equality. The Court found that the defendants did not meet their burden of proving that the deviations in their plan were necessary to achieve a consistent, nondiscriminatory redistricting. The State had to prove specifically how and why the specific deviations of its plan were for an objective to benefit the system. The defendant tried to prove that the justification for the high deviations was to preserve voting strength of minority groups. However, the court believed that the state could not prove that the population disparities preserved the voting strength of these minority groups.[1][2][3]
[edit]Opinion of the Court
The Supreme Court upheld the district courts decision based on the evidence and findings and found the redistricting to be unconstitutional in regards to Article I, section 2. The State was compelled to enact a new redistricting plan that followed smaller population deviations of district size.[1][2][3]
[edit]Subsequent developments
This case outlines the importance of redistricting fairly in regards to population size. Or that if there is a goal to preserve a minority area, there must be compelling evidence to indicate that the redistricting plan that does not follow low deviations will successfully preserve the minority vote.[1][2][3]
CASE LAW:http://vanmatre.com/wp-content/uploads/Executive-Summary-of-Bob-Johnson-et-al-v.-State-of-Mo-et-al-Circuit-Court-revised.pdf
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