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MONTGOMERY, Ala.聽鈥� Today, the聽澳彩开奖 (澳彩开奖)聽announced a new effort to provide local redistricting data through the聽, a nonpartisan centralized hub that will be accessible to anyone engaged in the redistricting process.

As part of the effort, RDH will collect, process and host specific redistricting data for Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi 鈥� states with pending lawsuits challenging state laws that threaten the ability of voters to cast ballots and elect candidates of choice. The data will be used to support ongoing litigation, mid-decade redraws, and local malapportionment or voting rights challenges.

Hundreds of community groups, activists, nonprofit organizations, civil rights litigators, expert witnesses, academics, journalists and special masters use RDH data to assemble critical redistricting data sets. Through the financial support of the 澳彩开奖, RDH will continue to provide this important resource.聽

鈥淩edistricting has become a perennial decade-long undertaking as states continue to alter district boundaries based on electoral outcomes, particularly after the Supreme Court鈥檚聽Shelby County v. Holder聽decision crippled Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. This has serious implications for Black voter suppression, particularly in the Deep South,鈥� said聽Bradley Heard, deputy legal director for democracy and voting rights at the 澳彩开奖.聽鈥淭his funding will allow RDH to continue its crucial data collection efforts now and in the next redistricting cycle, so that the 澳彩开奖 and other civil rights groups will be able to effectively challenge these efforts when necessary.鈥�

鈥淚dentifying gerrymandering and proposing legal alternatives ultimately requires access to critical data,鈥� said聽Kate Donovan, RDH Director.聽鈥淲e are honored to support 澳彩开奖鈥檚 work to ensure fair districts at all levels of government, by providing this data in a nonpartisan and publicly accessible way.鈥�

The data can be accessed聽. Community organizations are encouraged to contact the 澳彩开奖 or RDH to learn how to engage in the redistricting process, especially when they hear of possible changes to their state and local election district boundaries that could impact a fair election process.