Gerrymandering

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I think it is time to have a dedicated topic about it.

 

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If people are already voting how can he do this?

Of course he is... butt crevasse

 

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If people are already voting how can he do this?

another republican motto: "so? what are you going to do to stop us?"

 

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republican states salivating at the chance to further disenfranchise non-white voters

And so it begins:

Supreme Court ruling will reshape American politics. The only question is when

The U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority has handed Republicans their biggest victory yet in the battle to control the House of Representatives and statehouses across the country.

apnews.com

“There is no time to waste,” Rick Jackson, a businessman and GOP governor candidate in Georgia, said in urging a redraw there even as voting is underway for the May 19 primary. “Georgia must act now to ensure secure elections in Georgia and counter the Democrats’ national assault on our elections.”

Sen. Marsha Blackburn, running for the GOP nomination for governor in Tennessee, called for redrawing that state’s congressional map to replace its lone, majority-Black Democratic congressional seat with one more winnable for Republicans — even though that state’s deadline for candidates to get on the ballot was March 10.

 

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Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) called on her state’s legislature to reconvene on Wednesday to vote to eliminate all the House districts in the state held by Democrats.

Blackburn’s call came after the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that a House district draw in Louisiana to ensure a minority-majority balance was illegal. The ruling, which critics warned gutted the Voting Rights Act’s minority protections, immediately left legal analysts and pundits to speculate just how far-reaching the landmark ruling’s impact may be in the upcoming midterms.

Blackburn wasted no time in answering that question, writing on X, “I urge our state legislature to reconvene to redistrict another Republican seat in Memphis. It’s essential to cement @realDonaldTrump’s agenda and the Golden Age of America.”

“I’ve vowed to keep Tennessee a red state, and as Governor, I’ll do everything I can to make this map a reality,” Blackburn added, attaching a map showing Tennessee with all GOP-held districts. Tennessee’s current 9-member House delegation is made up of 8 Republicans and 1 Democrat – Memphis-based Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN).

Tennessee already has one of the country’s most controversial and heavily gerrymandered Congressional maps. In 2022, the state drew a new map that split the Nashville metro area into 3 different districts, diluting the minority voters in the area and flipping a Democrat held House seat.............

Marsha Blackburn Calls For Special Legislative Session to Eliminate All Dem House Seats In Her State

Tennessee already has one of the country’s most controversial and heavily gerrymandered Congressional maps.

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