Hey, it's Jamila here. Hold on, what's that? It's 2020. Happy New Year everyone.

Today, we're bumping an episode from May 2019 back to the top of your feed because this topic is going to shape

2020 like no other voting rights. One Supreme Court case discussed in this

episode was about adding a question to the US

census that would ask everyone if they're a US citizen. The other case was about

partisan gerrymandering. Since we first recorded this episode,

both major cases have been decided.

The census ballots have been sent to the printer

without the citizenship question.

And the Supreme's rejected efforts

to rein in partisan gerrymandering.

But these issues are still at play.

Both the census and redistricting are central to a democracy

because they determine who gets represented. Think of this episode like a

time capsule from recent history, reminding you of what led us to this

all-important voting year as Americans head to the polls.

We get into it with the director of the ACLU's voting rights project, Dale Ho, and our own

voting rights expert Ari Berman.

Let's take a listen. The Census is the only American event that involves absolutely everyone.

Young, old, citizen, non-citizen, rich and poor,

or at least it's supposed to.

Here's some quick history.

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