2020 Election Results: Early Analysis
The 2020 election results are still coming in, and we will continue to provide analysis. In the meantime, here are a few highlights.
Conducting Fair and Safe Elections this November
Democracy works best when all eligible voters participate. Yet election rules vary widely from state to state, making it much harder to vote in some states than others. These differences are more significant now than ever, as we prepare to conduct the most important election of our lifetimes during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Pay to Play: Florida’s Landmark Voter Restoration Amendment
My front row seat to Florida’s Amendment 4, and how we permanently changed the political landscape in the fight to restore the right to vote for disenfranchised felons.
A special election affected by pandemic and GOP tactics
It’s not clear how the coronavirus outbreak affected this election. But it IS clear Republican gerrymandering and voter suppression played a massive role.
Video: Sister District on Free Speech TV
FSTV correspondent Imara Jones speaks with Lyzz Schwegler, Director of Communications and Co-Founder of Sister District, about how people from blue states can raise awareness in red and purple states to combat gerrymandering and voter suppression.
Why States Matter: Gerrymandering
Democrats have overlooked state legislatures for too long, and the Republicans realized that that was a loophole. It was the perfect bargain — in a gridlocked Washington, DC, where nothing could get done, if the Republicans were able to spend a little bit of money and focus down-ballot they would be able to take control of state legislatures in 2010 and would be able to draw themselves a lasting and durable majority and advance a very conservative agenda within states where it wouldn’t have been possible otherwise.
