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By ACACIA CORONADO AUSTIN, Texas©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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The Avenger
Something tells me all of these issues are going to both the state supreme courts and federal.
An analysis of state voting laws by Northern Illinois University and Jacksonville University concluded that it is harder to cast a ballot in Texas than in any other state across the country.
https://wavemagazineonline.com/new-research-calculates-difficulty-of-voting-in-each-state/
GdTokyo
The map is laughable. It’s an obvious attempt to maintain the power of the declining white population.
Funny how the “don’t legislate from the bench” Roberts court decided that the routine continuation of the voting rights act (which had garnered well over 300 votes in the House) was suddenly unnecessary.
And that’s when the gerrymandering got REALLY BAD, The only real threat of losing an election was from a primary by an extremist, and OUT CAME THE CRAZIES.
Gossar, Greene, Golmert, Gaetz, and Gun Barbie et. al. Few if any of these goobers would have gotten elected (or at least survived re-election) were their districts not drawn by design to guarantee it.
Voters should select their representatives, not the reverse.
bass4funk
Nonsense, race has nothing to do with if, ideology on the other hand does.
Ok, so liberals respect the court as long as the justices are activists, but when they’re constitutionalists they legislate from the bench…hmmm
So the Squad are noble, smart and sane group of women politicians with zero political agenda and upstanding citizens as well as rational roll models for congress.
Oh, stop Democrats gerrymander as much as the Republicans, go to California and New York and you’ll see if in full force. Democrats are always silent on the issue of gerrymandering as long as it benefits them, if it doesn’t they cry foul and racism. Both sides will do it if it helps their cause of part
https://thefederalist.com/2021/09/29/democrats-decry-gerrymandering-while-using-it-to-gain-power/
Strangerland
You have to give the Republicans credit. Considering they are supported by a minority that is ever shrinking, they are very creative at figuring out ways they can exert the will of the minority over the will of the majority. The founding fathers would be proud.
Strangerland
It is true.
No, that's wrong.
I agree:
bass4funk
If that were true then the Dems would be a shoe-in to win not only the House but to pick up majorities in gubernatorial and mayoral races single-handedly and that’s not happening. Texas won’t turn blue, Florida announced last month its officially a red state again. The GOP is far from shrinking. Next year the House and then the Senate and beyond…
Blacklabel
despite all this minorities cant vote narrative I have never seen anyone with concrete proof that they attempted to vote and were unlawfully denied. Seems that would be a big and would be on all the TV and internet platforms.
Never seen it, could have been 1 or 2 but not enough to "affect the election" anywhere.
bass4funk
Yeah? Show me a poll where the Dems prospects are good for keeping the House. Take your time.
Ok, so Beto O’Rourke could be the next governor? Evidently getting beat last time around wasn’t good enough for him, let’s go for round two.
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bass4funk
I heard that from the left in 2010 as well
In other word you know full well, it’s not going to happen. Texas will turn blue when California turns red
What? According to the left? Because they say so? Lol
I think you’re upset because life is just not looking good for the left and I don’t blame the anxiety. That red wave is coming and coming in hard and fast and Dems can’t run away and hide from it fast enough.
RegBilk
Strict constructionist is used to describe applying a literal interpretation of the constitution. A constitutionalist favors limiting involvement of the government, and any power should basically derive from the constitution.
“This is not the first time that Texas has acted to minimize the voting rights of its minority citizens,”
No one is locking anyone up and preventing them from going to the voting booths.