Thread: The Missouri House today passed Senate Joint Resolution 38, a proposed constitutional amendment that would undo the redistricting reforms overwhelmingly approved by voters two years ago.
The Brennan Center's @yurijrudensky, who testified against the resolution, had this to say:
“The Missouri legislature took steps today to gut popular redistricting reforms that voters across the political spectrum approved by overwhelming margins only two years ago."
“The Missouri legislature took steps today to gut popular redistricting reforms that voters across the political spectrum approved by overwhelming margins only two years ago."
"The envisioned amendment would resurrect the abuse and gerrymandering-prone system voters rejected in 2018. It would weaken protections for communities of color, undermine independence, deprioritize partisan fairness, and deprive voters of their fair day in court"-@yurijrudensky
"Worse yet, the proposal would remove guarantees that districts be drawn to count all constituents, a feature of the Missouri constitution since 1875." - @yurijrudensky brennancenter.org/our-work/resea…
"Instead, the amendment would open the door to discriminatory and likely illegal efforts to draw districts in ways that minimize the power of communities with lots of children. This would hit African-American communities especially hard." - @yurijrudensky
