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A votação ocorre no mesmo dia em que a Suprema Corte dos EUA revoga uma disposição fundamental da Voting Rights Act. O legislativo da Flórida aprovou um novo mapa congressional destinado a maximizar a vantagem dos republicanos no estado como parte da batalha nacional de redistritamento que Donald Trump lançou antes das eleições de meio de mandato deste ano. A votação ocorreu apenas dois dias depois que o governador, Ron DeSantis, revelou sua proposta e no mesmo dia em que a Suprema Corte dos EUA revogou uma disposição fundamental da Voting Rights Act. A decisão pode dificultar para os democratas contestarem os esforços republicanos de redesenhar distritos congressionais de formas que limitam a influência de eleitores de cor. Continue lendo...

• Decisão dá aos responsáveis pela elaboração de mapas em estados republicanos o poder de fragmentar distritos em pedaços e diluir votos até o esquecimento • O Voting Rights Act foi um pacto político de paz escrito com o sangue de John Lewis. • A decisão Callais v Landry da US supreme court, que desconsiderou grande parte da seção 2 do Voting Rights Act, apagou esse sangue da história, junto ao de milhares de outros americanos que lutaram contra supremacistas brancos segregacionistas em balcões de lanchonetes, rodoviárias e tribunais pela igualdade política. Continue lendo...

David Brat represented Virginia in the House of Representatives for two termsThe White House has nominated David Brat, a former Republican member of the US House of Representatives, to be the next ambassador to Australia.Brat represented Virginia in Congress and served two terms before he was defeated by a Democrat in 2018 in a close race. He is currently a vice-president of business relations at Virginia’s Liberty University. Continue reading...

Proposal from Ron DeSantis would net Republicans up to four additional US House seats ahead of midterm electionsRon DeSantis, Florida’s Republican governor, on Monday unveiled his proposal for redistricting his state’s congressional maps, a move he hopes will net his party up to four additional House seats in November’s midterm elections.The long-awaited reveal, which will be debated during a special session of Florida’s legislature called by DeSantis beginning Tuesday, is the latest, and possibly final, act of a nationwide “gerrymandering” battle for control of Congress sparked by Donald Trump that looks increasingly to be moving back in Republicans’ favor. Continue reading...

Redrawn map could flip up to five seats to Republicans as Trump’s party seeks to keep control of CongressThe US supreme court formally reinstated on Monday a redrawn Texas electoral map that was designed to add more Republicans to the US House of Representatives, as Donald Trump’s party seeks to keep control of Congress in the November congressional elections.The move by the court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, formalizes an interim decision it made in December to revive the map of US House districts in Texas. Continue reading...

Tom Kean, who has not voted since 5 March and whose seat is top Democratic target, due back ‘very soon’, speaker saysA vulnerable Republican congressman who has not voted in weeks “is attending to a personal health matter,” the speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, said on Friday as he struggles to maintain his historically small majority in Congress’s lower chamber.Tom Kean Jr’s New Jersey district is a top pickup target for Democrats in the November midterms, but the congressman has not cast a vote in the House since 5 March. Continue reading...