Across the country, there is a notable correlation that shows that when sharp increases in people of color occur in GOP-led states, those same states have seen voting become harder. I needed to focus on voting, yes; but I knew I had to address the foundational tools for how power is allocated. That was the bottom line. Thus, our Fair Fight operation was joined by a separate organization called Fair Count, dedicated to ensuring that hard-to-count populations were seen in the 2020 census—because the census was the core of it all.
