In 1964, the 24th Amendment outlawed the poll tax in federal elections but four states retained the restriction—Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, and Virginia. The year prior, Annie E. Harper was among a group of Fairfax residents who filed suit challenging the… Read More ›
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THE GERRYMANDER EFFECT IN STATE AND NATIONAL ELECTIONS
In the 2017 elections in Virginia for its lower house, Democrats outpolled Republicans 53 to 43% by a margin of 231,000 votes but secured only 49 of 100 seats at stake. In similar fashion, the Wisconsin case now before… Read More ›