Gerrymandering is ONE bad act. Then there’s cutting the number of polling places, restricting the ways you can vote, cutting back on voting hours, “cleansing” the voter rolls, allowing the legislature to overturn results they don’t like, restricting the ability to reach out to particular segments of the population, and on and on.
Gerrymandering is unethical. There is no excuse in a constitutional quasi-democratic republic for a winner-take-all-no-matter-how political strategy to be allowed. The US must serve its people, NOT its do-nothing power-hungry political parties and the chronically dysfunctional government they nurture.
Expel Texas from the Union. Let their “Real Merkin” asses pay for their own infrastructure. It’s where they’ve been heading since the War Of Southern Rebellion anyway. Yep. Their own military, currency, and, hm, border security.
Well, of course. If you can’t win the game honestly, you change the rules of the game, the play of the game, and the sites where the game is played to give you the advantage. And if you still don’t win the game, you claim the other side must have cheated because you rigged the game so well that you couldn’t possibly lose. (And one of the rule changes you make is that you don’t have to prove your opponent cheated; just claiming it is sufficient.)
In NC, political gerrymandering is still in the courts – starting in the 1990s, and still active today. Both major political parties are guilty, but all they do is retaliate against each other when they gain control of the State legislature. For all of this time NC voters have not had fair representation – from either major party.
Court documents reveal why the Justice Department is so confident in their Jan. 6 lawsuits
Tweeting Monday, Wheeler posted an excerpt of a “boilerplate discovery notice” that revealed that the Justice Department and law enforcement is confident in their GeoFencing information because they obtained all of the phone records.
“Cell tower data for thousands of devices that connected to the Capitol’s interior Distributed Antenna System (DAS) during the Capitol Breach (obtained from the three major telephone companies),” the court documents revealed.
‘Is he having some sort of mental breakdown?’ Trump mocked after sending out ‘sad’ three-word press release
new statement posted to Donald Trump’s website contains just three words: “1776, not 1619!” — an apparent dig at the New York Times’ controversial “1619 Project” which aims to “reframe the country’s history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of black Americans at the very center of our national narrative.”
Gerrymandering is of course cheating, but even with non-partisan redistricting commissions and the best intentions (and even ranked-choice voting), having single-seat constituencies will invariably lead to mis-representation. Having (larger) districts with several representatives elected on a proportional basis (easiest is the List System—party with x% of the votes gets x% of the seats; but for several reasons I favour the Single Transferable Vote: bit.ly/CherniackElectoralReform ) pretty much defeats gerrymandering, since a voter’s votes will count, whichever constituency he or she is in.
Concretionist almost 3 years ago
Gerrymandering is ONE bad act. Then there’s cutting the number of polling places, restricting the ways you can vote, cutting back on voting hours, “cleansing” the voter rolls, allowing the legislature to overturn results they don’t like, restricting the ability to reach out to particular segments of the population, and on and on.
ImDaRealAni almost 3 years ago
At least spitballs were bannable. And they’ve been banned for over a century now.
superposition almost 3 years ago
Gerrymandering is unethical. There is no excuse in a constitutional quasi-democratic republic for a winner-take-all-no-matter-how political strategy to be allowed. The US must serve its people, NOT its do-nothing power-hungry political parties and the chronically dysfunctional government they nurture.
FreyjaRN Premium Member almost 3 years ago
So accurate.
lopaka almost 3 years ago
Northern Ireland still has it’s peace walls. When are we going to get ours?
walfishj almost 3 years ago
His real crime was that he wasn’t a registered republican.
piper_gilbert almost 3 years ago
Only one party comes to mind when it comes to cheating in politics, and I am almost always right.
Michael G. almost 3 years ago
Expel Texas from the Union. Let their “Real Merkin” asses pay for their own infrastructure. It’s where they’ve been heading since the War Of Southern Rebellion anyway. Yep. Their own military, currency, and, hm, border security.
Valiant1943 Premium Member almost 3 years ago
I don’t believe they have any shame
Bookworm almost 3 years ago
Well, of course. If you can’t win the game honestly, you change the rules of the game, the play of the game, and the sites where the game is played to give you the advantage. And if you still don’t win the game, you claim the other side must have cheated because you rigged the game so well that you couldn’t possibly lose. (And one of the rule changes you make is that you don’t have to prove your opponent cheated; just claiming it is sufficient.)
ForALaugh Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Republican party is synonymous with election fraud.
FrankErnesto almost 3 years ago
The U.s. Supreme Court decided that gerrymandering didn’t hurt anybody.
HT-Missouri almost 3 years ago
Baseball showed it was more ethical than the GQP when they moved the all stare game from Georgia to Colorado to protest Georgia’s voting laws.
Radish the wordsmith almost 3 years ago
The only thing the loser minority republicans do is lie cheat steal and nullify your ballots.
Radish the wordsmith almost 3 years ago
‘He is deranged’: Author interviews Trump after Jan. 6 and concludes he’s too dumb to plot insurrection
https://www.rawstory.com/michael-wolff-donald-trump-january-6/
‘It’s coming soon and they won’t be able to stop it’: Americans concerned after latest Trump CPAC speech
https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-cpac-speech-conerns/
Fox News runs disclaimer across the screen while Trump lies about 2020 election in CPAC speech
https://www.rawstory.com/fox-news-runs-trump-disclaimer-cpac/
’It’s horrifying’: Dr. Fauci reacts to CPAC crowd celebrating low vaccination rates
https://www.rawstory.com/fauci-cpac/
‘Land of misfit toys’: Former GOP lawmaker drops the hammer on CPAC ‘freak show’ after ‘reprehensible’ Trump appearance
https://www.rawstory.com/cpac-2653753186/
‘Screw you Murdoch’: CPAC attendees lash out at Fox News because network turned its back on Trump
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-fox-news-2653753428/
‘How theocracies are born’: Experts warn of ‘Trump’s Jesus fascists’ after report on Christian GOP churches
https://www.rawstory.com/gop-christian-churches/
’Jesus, guns and COVID denialism’: How CPAC’s Dallas gathering was an unhinged mix of ‘ and ‘voice-in-your-head stuff’
https://www.rawstory.com/jesus-guns-and-denialism-how-cpacs-dallas-gathering-was-an-unhinged-mix-of-and-voice-in-your-head-stuff/
Adviser to pro-Trump GOP group sent out a newsletter ‘so racist’ it could ‘make a Ku Klux Klansman blush’
https://www.rawstory.com/adviser-to-pro-trump-gop-group-sent-out-a-newsletter-so-racist-it-could-make-a-ku-klux-klansman-blush-report/
‘You don’t know who those people were!’ Trump supporters at CPAC angrily deny Jan. 6 was an ‘insurrection’
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-supporters-cpac/
CNN delivers bad news to Lauren Boebert after her CPAC rant about government benefits
https://www.rawstory.com/lauren-boebert-2653754544/
Radish the wordsmith almost 3 years ago
AOC mocks Boebert’s ‘good conservative values’ after GOP lawmaker rejects government benefits in CPAC speech
Colorado Republican attacks vaccine campaign despite her districts’s dismal inoculation rate
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/aoc-lauren-boebert-cpac-welfare-b1882092.html
ferddo almost 3 years ago
In NC, political gerrymandering is still in the courts – starting in the 1990s, and still active today. Both major political parties are guilty, but all they do is retaliate against each other when they gain control of the State legislature. For all of this time NC voters have not had fair representation – from either major party.
Radish the wordsmith almost 3 years ago
Caitlyn Jenner stalked and harassed at CPAC
https://www.sfgate.com/gavin-newsom-recall/article/Caitlyn-Jenner-CPAC-video-harass-Tomi-Lahren-16308675.php
Radish the wordsmith almost 3 years ago
Court documents reveal why the Justice Department is so confident in their Jan. 6 lawsuits
Tweeting Monday, Wheeler posted an excerpt of a “boilerplate discovery notice” that revealed that the Justice Department and law enforcement is confident in their GeoFencing information because they obtained all of the phone records.
“Cell tower data for thousands of devices that connected to the Capitol’s interior Distributed Antenna System (DAS) during the Capitol Breach (obtained from the three major telephone companies),” the court documents revealed.
https://www.rawstory.com/cell-phone-documents-capitol-riot/
Radish the wordsmith almost 3 years ago
‘Is he having some sort of mental breakdown?’ Trump mocked after sending out ‘sad’ three-word press release
new statement posted to Donald Trump’s website contains just three words: “1776, not 1619!” — an apparent dig at the New York Times’ controversial “1619 Project” which aims to “reframe the country’s history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of black Americans at the very center of our national narrative.”https://www.rawstory.com/trump-1776-not-1619/
braindead Premium Member almost 3 years ago
But It’s OKAY If A Republican Does It!
Radish the wordsmith almost 3 years ago
Arizona GOP official burns Trump-backed Cyber Ninjas’ ‘alarming’ vote-counting process in scathing editorial
https://www.rawstory.com/cyber-ninjas-audit/
svcman98 almost 3 years ago
The real reason – he is black!!
cherns Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Gerrymandering is of course cheating, but even with non-partisan redistricting commissions and the best intentions (and even ranked-choice voting), having single-seat constituencies will invariably lead to mis-representation. Having (larger) districts with several representatives elected on a proportional basis (easiest is the List System—party with x% of the votes gets x% of the seats; but for several reasons I favour the Single Transferable Vote: bit.ly/CherniackElectoralReform ) pretty much defeats gerrymandering, since a voter’s votes will count, whichever constituency he or she is in.