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Ruth Greenwood, a Harvard Law School professor who represents the plaintiffs along with the liberal group Law Forward, said maps that give Republicans only a slight advantage instead of a big one are indicative of an effort to draw partisan neutral maps, not an effort to advantage Democrats.
In Clarke v. Wisconsin, the Harvard Law Election Law Clinic fought to restore voting power to Wisconsin residents – and won. The state’s highest court agreed with the clinic’s argument: Wisconsin’s gerrymandered state legislative maps were non-contiguous, diluting the voting power of the state’s residents and preventing fair representation.
A series of proposed legislative maps submitted to the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday would create some of the most competitive races for the Legislature in over a decade, according to a redistricting expert’s analysis.
A study conducted by the Harvard Election Law Clinic, where researchers analyzed 16 New York counties, including Sullivan, Ulster, Orange, and Rockland, found that off-cycle (odd-year) elections significantly depressed voter turnout. This was true for all voters, but especially for voters of color and younger voters.
The tool, RPVNearMe (developed by the Election Law Clinic at Harvard Law School and Christopher T. Kenny) provides estimates of racially polarized voting for every county in the country. Note that the tool only offers estimates for certain statewide and federal elections — i.e., not the local appraisal you would need for VRA litigation — but it still gives a guide to possible coalition voting.
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