The Official Republican voter suppression/election fraud thread

[GodisanAtheist]

Maybe. It really depends how some of your governing officials get elected. If you're in a heavy democratic party area with closed primaries, sometimes the primary is the de facto election, so it can be worthwhile to be registered Democrat.

- As someone growing up in a heavily republican area, the trend I generally noticed for local elections is I was more or less OK with whoever the Dems put up as their candidate for the general, while almost without fail the Republican candidate was a horror show.

Having the ability to influence the Republican candidate toward the center felt much more valuable for me than "cheerleading" whatever Dem candidate made it through.

If you live somewhere that has Dems running unopposed then you're likely not going to be the correct recipient for this advice.

 

[HomerJS]

Racist gerrymandering by the GOP at its finest.

https://www.reddit.com/r/FedJerk/comments/1l0cj5r/republicans_in_tarrant_county_tx_decided_they

 

[Muse]

Racist gerrymandering by the GOP at its finest.

https://www.reddit.com/r/FedJerk/comments/1l0cj5r/republicans_in_tarrant_county_tx_decided_they

Is that legal? That should be illegal.

I look at that guy's face and think of a favorite William Blake quotation:

"He whose face shows no light will never become a star."

 

[HomerJS]

Republicans in Ohio and Texas move to rig the next election

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5383939-republicans-redraw-house-maps-ohio-texas/

 

[HomerJS]

Republicans at it again in Texas. Diluting the political power for people of color. Can't convince me this party isn't racist.

"a simple redrawing so we pickup 5 seats"

 

[ch33zw1z]

FL joins in

Florida Supreme Court Greenlights DeSantis’ Congressional Map that Eliminates Black Representation

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

 

[HomerJS]

Blue states get your act together and follow suit

This is why we need to get rid of gerrymandering

 

[hal2kilo]

Blue states get your act together and follow suit

This is why we need to get rid of gerrymandering

Doubling the number of representatives would make a lot of the gerrymandering BS not nearly as important as it is now.

 

[HomerJS]

Doubling the number of representatives would make a lot of the gerrymandering BS not nearly as important as it is now.

That really should happen to reflect the population but imagine selling “ make government bigger”

 

[Brainonska511]

That really should happen to reflect the population but imagine selling “ make government bigger”

It's reform to make government more representative and bring your rep closer to their district.

 

[HomerJS]

Court rules that once again they have engaged in racist gerrymandering. Despite some people in this forum that insist Republicans are not a racist party.​

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Court Blocks Texas’ Trump-Ordered Gerrymander​

Judge Blocks Texas’ Gerrymander In Massive Blow To Trump

A federal district court judge ruled that the map Texas adopted in August is an illegal racial gerrymander.

www.huffpost.com

 

[cytg111]

So what about Cali?

 

[HomerJS]

So what about Cali?

Cali is setup to trigger only if Texas goes through with it which was smart. Dems keep the high ground.

 

[Muse]

Cali is setup to trigger only if Texas goes through with it which was smart. Dems keep the high ground.

Given the craven recent history of the SCOTUS, I figure no lower court ruling is safe from villainy.

 

[iRONic]

Keeping the high ground… how’s that been working out so far?

 

[HomerJS]

Keeping the high ground… how’s that been working out so far?

In this case you still doing what needs to be done. The high ground is for appearances when Republicans both sides it

 

[Muse]

Keeping the high ground… how’s that been working out so far?

Well, Alan Watts noted that part of what makes life interesting is seeing how the good guys prevail over the bad guys. Evidently in America that requires (among other things!) a lot of patience.

We need to strip the R's of House control. In less than a year that looks probable if the gerrymander wars are evenly balanced or negated.

Back in the day a rival could challenge you to a dual. We all know there must be dozens of such people who would gladly challenge Donald Trump to just about any kind of deadly dual. Unfortunately we've gotten way to cute what with the weak-ass impeachment process we've been cursed with.

 

[quikah]

Cali is setup to trigger only if Texas goes through with it which was smart. Dems keep the high ground.

They took that out of the prop, the new maps will go ahead regardless of what happens in TX.

 

[HomerJS]

They took that out of the prop, the new maps will go ahead regardless of what happens in TX.

Didn't know that. I'm ok with it because about time Dems play hardball. CA making it a referendum makes it harder to challenge in court

 

[nickqt]

Didn't know that. I'm ok with it because about time Dems play hardball. CA making it a referendum makes it harder to challenge in court

The language making it contingent with other states doing it was removed from the final bill.

It doesn't mean the Supreme Court isn't going to fuck with Texas or California though.

 

[nakedfrog]

They took that out of the prop, the new maps will go ahead regardless of what happens in TX.

Just reverts automatically in 2030, right? Or did that change too?

 

[cytg111]

Cali is setup to trigger only if Texas goes through with it which was smart. Dems keep the high ground.

Nope . That part was removed from the latest editions before it was signed... California keeps their new maps and Texas is denied. shitlol.

 

[Muse]

Just reverts automatically in 2030, right? Or did that change too?

I don't believe that changed.

 

[HomerJS]

Trump yet again rigging the election. He couldn’t get mail in ballots stopped so they changed the rules when mail is postmarked. Mail can be dated days after mail is dropped off thereby making your ballot late and not counted.

USPS says mail-in ballots might not get postmark on same day they’re dropped off • Stateline

The U.S. Postal Service has adopted a new rule that could create doubt about whether some ballots mailed by voters by Election Day will receive postmarks in time to be counted.

stateline.org

 

[ivwshane]

I guess I’ll be in person voting from now on.