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League of Women Voters tackles prison gerrymandering at Convention

League of Women Voters 2014 Convention included a panel on prison gerrymandering, PPI released new briefing packet.

by Aleks Kajstura, June 10, 2014

Yesterday I had the pleasure of joining three League of Women Voters members (from Virginia, Delaware, and California) and the Census Bureau’s redistricting data chief, Cathy McCully, on a caucus panel to talk about prison gerrymandering at the League of Women Voters’ 2014 Convention.

Our panel on prison gerrymandering covered the scope of the issue across the U.S., legislative and litigation efforts seeking to end prison gerrymandering, as well as the Census Bureau’s perspective on the problem.

I also used the panel as an opportunity to debut PPI’s new briefing packet on prison gerrymandering, check it out.

Related briefings:

  1. League of Women Voters of Virginia asks Census Bureau to end prison gerrymandering +
  2. Judge Allows Civil Rights Organizations Representing Voters to Defend Law Ending Prison-Based Gerrymandering +
  3. Phantom Voters, Thanks to the Census — New York Times Editorial +

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