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All votes are not created equal under gerrymandered system

Gerrymandering is the creation of new or different electoral boundaries to give one party, class or race an undue advantage in specific districts. In Georgia, this looks like the Republican majority creating districts that silence minority votes, especially from Black residents.  Gerrymandering should be illegal. Demography should be destiny. The way that a given district or state looks and feels should be adequately and proportionately accounted for when government officials are selected.

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