'This case is only one skirmish in the wholesale assault on democracy in Kansas and around the country,' said aclukansas' Micah Kubic after the state Supreme Court upheld a GOP-drawn congressional map.
"This case is only one skirmish in the wholesale assault on democracy in Kansas and around the country," said the head of the state's ACLU.Voting rights advocates expressed anger and disappointment Wednesday after the Kansas Supreme Court upheld the state's new Republican-drawn congressional map despite claims of partisan and racial gerrymandering.
Warning that"the results of this map will be felt in Topeka and D.C. for the next 10 years, and the interest of Kansans will suffer for it," the coalition concluded that"this process needs to be corrected and taken out of the hands of politicians moving forward." The Kansas map could impact the reelection chances of Democratic Rep. Sharice Davids, who represents the 3rd District, in a cycle when fears are mounting that the party could lose its slim majority in the U.S. House of Representatives amid a"The map divides Wyandotte County, the state’s most ethnically and racially diverse area, roughly along I-70.
"The Kansas Legislature crafted gerrymandered maps that purposefully divide Kansans based on their race and political views to serve their political interests instead of the community's needs," he said, vowing that the group"will continue fighting for fair maps, because Kansas voters deserve to choose their politicians instead of the other way around.
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