The measure, which would appear on the ballot in the state in November if lawmakers approve it, is a response to Texas Republicans' mid-decade redistricting push.
While I love the idea of fighting back against Maga, won’t this lead to voting being a waste of time in the long run? This just sounds like a new way to rig an election so that democracy is no longer practiced.
It’d be nice if there was a plan to reset the gerrymandering, or institute electoral reform, after this one time election so we can all experience democracy, as intended.
Our democracy is already hacked. Trump won by cheating. He’s currently, openly, trying to further cheat on the midterms
The system is fucked. You want democracy? It has to be rebuilt. You can’t just continue on after an authoritarian takeover.
So yes, this isn’t very democratic, but we don’t live in a real democracy. If we don’t do what it takes to get rid of the Fascists, it’ll only get worse
What I read before was that the plan was to have the rules to congressional map only active if it’s to match another state in the union and it expires and has to be redone otherwise. I don’t know the specifics.
Voting will still be necessary. Gerrymandering can’t directly affect statewide races. But it can determine control of the House of Representatives and state legislatures.
The long term solution to gerrymandering has to happen at the federal level, but unfortunately the current Supreme Court is going out of its way to dismantle voting rights and protect Republican gerrymandering schemes. And congress isn’t going to do anything to stop it while Republicans are in the majority… a majority that only exists because of gerrymandering and voter suppression.
I don’t like it, but having partisan gerrymandering on both sides is better than doing nothing and letting Republicans cling to power because they get to play by a different set of rules.
While I love the idea of fighting back against Maga, won’t this lead to voting being a waste of time in the long run? This just sounds like a new way to rig an election so that democracy is no longer practiced.
It’d be nice if there was a plan to reset the gerrymandering, or institute electoral reform, after this one time election so we can all experience democracy, as intended.
Yes, but no.
Our democracy is already hacked. Trump won by cheating. He’s currently, openly, trying to further cheat on the midterms
The system is fucked. You want democracy? It has to be rebuilt. You can’t just continue on after an authoritarian takeover.
So yes, this isn’t very democratic, but we don’t live in a real democracy. If we don’t do what it takes to get rid of the Fascists, it’ll only get worse
What I read before was that the plan was to have the rules to congressional map only active if it’s to match another state in the union and it expires and has to be redone otherwise. I don’t know the specifics.
Voting will still be necessary. Gerrymandering can’t directly affect statewide races. But it can determine control of the House of Representatives and state legislatures.
The long term solution to gerrymandering has to happen at the federal level, but unfortunately the current Supreme Court is going out of its way to dismantle voting rights and protect Republican gerrymandering schemes. And congress isn’t going to do anything to stop it while Republicans are in the majority… a majority that only exists because of gerrymandering and voter suppression.
I don’t like it, but having partisan gerrymandering on both sides is better than doing nothing and letting Republicans cling to power because they get to play by a different set of rules.