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Mike on the Mic

@mlatner.bsky.social

Mike Latner Director of Research on Democratic Reform Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice, Harvard Law School Political Science Dept @CalPoly Engineering fair electoral systems. And tacos. E pluribus unum 🇺🇸

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Mike on the Mic@mlatner.bsky.social · last yr.

Had a great chat @scholars.org on the gerrymandering arms race now underway, how we got here, and what we can do to fix this dysfunctional system.

Scholars Strategy Network@scholars.org · last yr.

As Texas and California move to redraw their Congressional maps, Prof @mlatner.bsky.social (Cal Poly & @hls.harvard.edu ) breaks down in this ep. why unfair maps weaken voters’ voices and what today’s gerrymandering fights mean for American democracy. 🎧 Listen now: scholars.org/podcast/how-...

Bolts@boltsmag.org · last yr.

A growing number of GOP-led states are restricting student voting access, from banning campus polling places to making it harder to prove residency. Earlier this yar, Indiana banned student IDs for voting. boltsmag.org/indiana-bann...

Indiana Republicans Are Banning Student IDs for Voting - Bolts

The new restriction, paired with Indiana’s stringent voter ID rules, would make it much harder for many young people to vote in a state that already ranks near-last in turnout.

boltsmag.org

Mike on the Mic@mlatner.bsky.social · last yr.

FL Court trouncing both the VRA and their own voters who supported a fair maps initiative in 2010, which worked in that redistricting cycle.

Stephen Wolf@stephenwolf.bsky.social · last yr.

Florida's Supreme Court has upheld the GOP's congressional gerrymander, which may have cost Dems 3 seats & a House majority in 2024. Voters passed a 2010 amendment that explicitly banned partisan & racial gerrymandering. The court enforced it in 2015, but DeSantis appointees now dominate the court

Ashton Pittman@ashtonpittman.bsky.social · last yr.

23 years ago, a groundswell of outrage from Republicans, including a GOP president, led Republican Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott of Mississippi to resign after praising a segregationist on his birthday. Today, a Republican calls a colleague a "Muslim terrorist"—and every Republican silent.

Editor’s Note | Blatant Racism Used to Have Consequences

Allowing racism to fester while only condemning the most obvious examples has brought us to where we are now, Ashton Pittman writes.

mississippifreepress.org

Jamila Michener@povertyscholar.bsky.social · last yr.

Today I am on the hunt for ways to help. Message me if you have suggestions! The family wants to stay together (mother, father, baby). Their stuff is still in the apartment. They’d like to negotiate w/ the landlord to stay if possible. They need housing & a lawyer. This is in Jamaica, Queens (NYC).

Mike on the Mic@mlatner.bsky.social · last yr.

It is increasingly clear that we are at the end of an era, and those committed to political equality and democracy need to build a shared vision of electoral system reform for the next era. We are on borrowed time.

Michael Li (李之樸)@mcpli.bsky.social · last yr.

Justice Thomas has a solo dissent from the holding over of the Louisiana racial gerrymandering case for re-argument next term, saying that it is time to overturn the Section 2 framework. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

Mike on the Mic@mlatner.bsky.social · last yr.

"Donald Trump’s appointees at the Department of Justice have removed all of the senior civil servants working as managers in the department’s voting section and directed attorneys to dismiss all active cases..." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump’s justice department appointees remove leadership of voting unit

Section is responsible for enforcing laws designed to prevent voter discrimination, raised alarm about voting rights enforcement

theguardian.com