Florida ruling may be bellwether for battle against pernicious gerrymander schemes gone awry | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

In state after state, a Republican party that’s deeply unpopular with the popular majority and fresh out of ideas that are good for anyone but religious fanatics and the rich, is relying on rigging the game wherever they can. This means that where there’s a Republican majority, they push to disenfranchise likely Democratic voters in every…

Never mind that Voter ID laws proliferated during the Bush administration for the purpose of preventing blacks, the elderly, and the sick from voting. Jeb Bush says his brother did too much to protect voting as president. His Justice Department gave the greenlight to voter ID laws, a common tactic by conservative lawmakers which prevents many…