NAACP sues Connecticut over 'prison gerrymandering'

Suit is part of larger effort to fight practices that organization argues are attempts to suppress minority voting The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) sued the state of Connecticut on Thursday, over how it counts its prisoners when crafting legislative districts. The NAACP lawsuit argues that urban districts are weakened while rural districts with fewer minorities benefit unfairly, in a practice critics call “partisan gerrymandering”. The civil rights organization hopes the case can become a template for suits it may file in other states where inmates are included in the population counts of areas where they are imprisoned, rather than their home districts. Continue reading... source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/28/naacp-sues-connecticut-prison-gerrymandering #Headlines by: Associated Press in New Haven, Connecticut

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