NYCLU: State Ban on Prison-Based Gerrymandering Helps Ensure Equal Representation

Posted on April 8, 2011 by iwilder

IW: The use of prisoners for a body count for election districts in which they are imprisoned while they did not have the right to vote always reminded me of the 3/5 person count of slaves  in the Constitution. Nine Republican state senators are among plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed this week challenging New York […]

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