Democracy Happy Hour – March 3, 2021

03/03/2021 Topic: Redistricting & Gerrymandering

Democracy Happy Hour, March 3, 2021 - Meeting Recordings & Chat:

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• Chat file

Upcoming Democracy Happy Hour Topics:

• 03/10/21 - Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in Democracy
• 03/17/21 - Social Media's Impact on Democracy
• 03/27/21 - Foreign Influence in U.S. Democracy
• 03/31/21 - Campaign Finance Reform

Actions, Events & Links:

• FDF Legislation Page - https://www.fixdemocracyfirst.org/legislation
• Democracy Lobby Week – Program Recordings – https://www.fixdemocracyfirst.org/events/democracy-lobby-week-2021OR https://lwvwa.org/DLW-Schedule
• Speak Up School Series with Delta Kappa Gamma & LWVWA:
• Orientation & Testifying Training – March 6th @ 9 am – 12:30 pm PT – https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUkcu2sqj8vGNRL11B5LHKr-pXfYXwmFSdy
• Data Lenses – March 11th @ 6-7:30 pm PT – https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gAv2IfMXQPi-29H1iuX4_w
• Dave’s Redistricting App Map Drawing – March 25th @ 6-7:30 pm –https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_v7Qjq2ccQsi2z-rUMZN0ew
• FDF Donation Page - http://fixdemocracyfirst.org/donate
• FDF Events Page - Past Events- https://www.fixdemocracyfirst.org/events#past-events

In the News & Election Links:

• Interactive Map Reveals Which Indigenous Lands You’re Living On - https://mymodernmet.com/interactive-map-indigenous-lands/ - Native Land - https://native-land.ca/
• Women’s History Month - https://womenshistorymonth.gov/
• The Equal Right Amendment Could Still Pass Today - https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/politics/a32175363/what-is-the-equal-rights-amendment-today/
• Take Action: ERA Fight Comes to the 117th Congress - http://participate.lwv.org/c/10065/p/dia/action4/common/public/?action_KEY=13855
• Trump rules out third party as he moves to firm up control of GOP - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-cpac/2021/02/28/6a04140e-79e0-11eb-85cd-9b7fa90c8873_story.html
• The Supreme Court finally rejected Sidney Powell's election-conspiracy-theory lawsuits - https://www.businessinsider.com/supreme-court-rejects-sidney-powell-election-lawsuits-2021-3
• New Super-PAC Will Defend Republican Lawmakers Targeted by Trump - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-01/new-super-pac-will-defend-republican-lawmakers-targeted-by-trump
• Far-Right Groups Are Splintering in Wake of the Capitol Riot - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/01/us/extremism-capitol-riot.html
• Why Republicans Are Moving To Fix Elections That Weren't Broken - https://www.npr.org/2021/02/28/970877930/why-republicans-are-moving-to-fix-elections-that-werent-broken
• In Statehouses, Stolen-Election Myth Fuels a G.O.P. Drive to Rewrite Rules - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/27/us/republican-voter-suppression.html
• Georgia House passes GOP bill rolling back voting access - https://apnews.com/article/senate-elections-bills-legislation-elections-georgia-842d9ad16a78901322f4b952f6c0d8dd
• Arizona to argue before US Supreme Court that 2 laws don't hurt minority voting - https://tucson.com/news/arizona_news/arizona-to-argue-before-us-supreme-court-that-2-laws-dont-hurt-minority-voting/article_2b85c0c1-4983-54fa-a5fd-cd968770499c.html
• The Supreme Court Case Challenging Voting Restrictions in Arizona, Explained - https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/supreme-court-case-challenging-voting-restrictions-arizona-explained
• Supreme Court Seems Ready to Sustain Arizona Voting Limits - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/02/us/politics/supreme-court-arizona-voting.html
• Not All the Supreme Court’s Conservatives May Be Ready to Kill the Voting Rights Act - https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/03/arizona-voting-rights-act-supreme-court.html
• LISTEN: Supreme Court hears arguments in voting rights case - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/listen-live-supreme-court-hears-arguments-in-voting-rights-case
• The New Voter Suppression - https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/new-voter-suppression
• Why millennials and Gen Z have the most to lose in the voting wars - https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/02/politics/voting-rights-bill-millennials-generation-z/index.html
• Congress Might Actually Expand the Courts - https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/02/congress-expand-courts.html
• FEC Announces New Federal Campaign Contribution Limits - https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/fec-announces-new-federal-campaign-6794186/
• The far right’s big money strategy has poisoned our politics - https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/03/03/far-rights-big-money-strategy-has-poisoned-our-politics/
• THE FIGHT FOR PEOPLE IN PRISON TO VOTE REACHES CONGRESS - https://theappeal.org/politicalreport/congress-voting-from-prison-vote/
• How the riot and the HR 1 debate are fueling the crusade against dark money - https://thefulcrum.us/campaign-finance/charles-koch
• Pro-GOP group takes aim at House Democrats over massive election HR 1 reform bill - https://foxwilmington.com/headlines/pro-gop-group-takes-aim-at-house-democrats-over-massive-election-hr-1-reform-bill/
• Congress Deluged With False Attack On Voting Rights And Campaign Finance Reform Bill - https://www.huffpost.com/entry/for-the-people-act-hr-1-attack_n_60341398c5b66da5dba39478
• Fair Fight Action – Stacy Abrams Letter on HR 1 - https://www.speaker.gov/sites/speaker.house.gov/files/20210301_AbramsLettertoCongressHR1.pdf
• The For the People Act (H.R.1/S.1) is A Racial Justice Bill - https://www.demos.org/testimony-and-public-comment/people-act-hr1s1-racial-justice-bill
• The For the People Act Is America’s Next Great Civil Rights Bill - https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/people-act-americas-next-great-civil-rights-bill
• H.R. 1 is the most transformational and comprehensive suite of democracy reforms in a generation. - https://hr1-cha.house.gov
• Can teaching civics in schools help break down barriers in American society? - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/can-teaching-civics-in-schools-help-break-down-barriers-in-american-society
• Massive investment in civic education proposed to reinvigorate democracy - https://thefulcrum.us/civic-ed/civic-education-investment‍
  

Redistricting & Gerrymandering Links:

• Redistricting – Brennan Center - https://www.brennancenter.org/issues/gerrymandering-fair-representation/redistricting

• Redistricting & Census Information – WA State - https://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/redistricting/redistricting-information.aspx

• This is the best explanation of gerrymandering you will ever see - https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/03/01/this-is-the-best-explanation-of-gerrymandering-you-will-ever-see/

• How Partisan Gerrymandering Limits Voting Rights - https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/democracy/reports/2020/07/08/487426/partisan-gerrymandering-limits-voting-rights/

• What is Racial Gerrymandering? - https://now.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Learn-More-What-is-Racial-Gerrymandering.pdf

• Gerrymandering & Fair Representation – Brennan Center - https://www.brennancenter.org/issues/gerrymandering-fair-representation

• The Redistricting Majority Project – Red Map Project - http://www.redistrictingmajorityproject.com/

• How Redistricting Became a Technological Arms Race - https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/10/gerrymandering-technology-redmap-2020/543888/

• How the battle over redistricting in 2021 could decide control of the U.S. Congress - https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-politics-redistricting/how-the-battle-over-redistricting-in-2021-could-decide-control-of-the-u-s-congress-idUSKBN2AI1CX

• Redistricting in 2021 – Brennan Center - https://www.brennancenter.org/issues/gerrymandering-fair-representation/redistricting/redistricting-2021

• The 2021 Redistricting Cycle: What to Expect and Why It Matters - https://www.teenvogue.com/story/what-to-know-about-redistricting-2021

• The Gerrymander Battles Loom, as G.O.P. Looks to Press Its Advantage - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/31/us/politics/gerrymander-census-democrats-republicans.html

• 2020 Census Delays and the Impact on Redistricting - https://www.ncsl.org/research/redistricting/2020-census-delays-and-the-impact-on-redistricting-637261879.aspx

• WA State Redistricting Commission - http://redistricting.wa.gov/

• Speak Up Schools - https://lwvwa.org/speakup

• Representable – WA State - https://representable.org/drive/wa-state-mapping-drive/
  

• Dave’s Redistricting - https://davesredistricting.org/
  

• Speak Up School Series with Delta Kappa Gamma & LWVWA:

• Orientation & Testifying Training – March 6th @ 9 am – 12:30 pm PT – https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUkcu2sqj8vGNRL11B5LHKr-pXfYXwmFSdy
• Data Lenses – March 11th @ 6-7:30 pm PT – https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gAv2IfMXQPi-29H1iuX4_w
• Dave’s Redistricting App Map Drawing – March 25th @ 6-7:30 pm –https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_v7Qjq2ccQsi2z-rUMZN0ew