b'congressionalandstatewidemapping,aswellasVotersmapbutbothamendmentsweretabledby forlocalcitycouncils,countycouncilsandschoolthe Republican majority. Typically, redistricting must districts.be completed before the next elections filing period We have also submitted mappings at the SC Statebegins.Ifthiscannotbedone,electionsareusually conference level for the Congressional Districts andallowedtoproceedusingthecurrentmaps.March the State Senate and the State House as well, says30,2022isthefilingdeadlinefor2022election Murphy.candidates. ThatswhytheNAACP,theAmericanCivil Murphy has the strong perception that not everyone wascountedinthe2020Census,andrightfully so.AccordingtoNPRNews,in2010,theCensus Bureau estimates it overcounted people who checked off the White box for the race questionand did not identify as Hispanic or Latino, while it undercounted BlackandLatinxpopulations,aswellasNative Americans who live on reservations. AlthoughtheCensuswillnotprovidetheoveror undercountingratesuntilearly2022,manymake theassumptionthatCOVIDnegativelyimpacted thenumbers.Door-knockingeffortsendedearly, previouslyatacticbyCensusworkerstogetmore involvement.AnoriginalextendeddateofOct.31 for counting efforts was ended a month early by the TrumpAdministration. Thetimeforprocessingthe counts results were also cut short. While Murphy acknowledges the population declinesThe numbers have significantly increased insomeruralareas,shealsonotesthepopulationsin certain areas and decreased along the who live in those areas.corridor of I-95, states Murphy. We The numbers have significantly increased in certainknow who lives primarily in those areasareas and decreased along the corridor of I-95, statesmostly African-Americans.Murphy.Weknowwholivesprimarilyinthose Brenda Murphyareasmostly African-Americans.Liberties Union and other groups filed a lawsuit on So, what can be done now to prevent gerrymanderingOct.12,citingthattheredistrictingtimelineistoo and to ensure fair redistricting?tight, making it difficult to publicly analyze the new legislative districts before they are adopted. Brawley says the SC Legislature which approved state House and Senate maps in early December approvedMurphycouldnotcommentonthepending ahighlygerrymanderedmapfortheSCHouselitigation,butshedidstresstheimportanceof thatprotectsRepublicanincumbentsandincreasesadequaterepresentationforminoritiesandthosein theirmajoritybycombiningandinsomeinstancesrural communities. eliminating Democratic districts. Brawley introduced two amendments to the House map, the first was theCOVIDhasmademuchmoreapparentthe NAACPsmapandsecond,theLeagueofWomenchallengeswehavethehousingchallenges,access 14IMARA'