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What’s Legal, Creepy, And Making Your Votes Irrelevant All Over?

Sometimes, politicians will give something a really weird name (ahem, gerrymandering) and then use that something to be shady. This is that.Gratefully, the end of this little explainer has some great ideas for how to stop the shade. Watch and learn.

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