Ashley Moody cosponsors proposed measure that stems illegal resident impact on congressional districts

U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody is throwing her support behind a proposed measure designed to ensure only legal residents are counted when it comes to formulating congressional districts.

Moody announced she is cosponsoring the Equal Representation Act which was drafted to ensure that residents who are legally in the U.S. are the only people factored into the count that establishes the Electoral College map. That’s also the process that determines Congressional districts and the map that determines presidential elections.

In a news release , Moody said presently , the process counts migrants who are illegally in the U.S. “as a perverse incentive for open borders to boost the relative political power of the states and voters that court it.”

Moody said she cosponsored the Equal Represent