1/ This year, millions of voters will cast ballots in districts that have been ruled unconstitutional for excessive gerrymandering.https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/01/millions-of-voters-will-cast-ballots-in-november-in-unconstitutionally-gerrymandered-districts/ …
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@pemalevy reports, if the party in power wants to gerrymander the districts, there is no downside to doing this. If the maps are overturned, redrawing them often goes right back to the state lawmakers who created them in the first place.Show this thread -
10/ “You see what you can get away with, and even if the maps ultimately get struck down, you may get a free election or two or three or even four out of it,” says
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11/ Even though courts have repeatedly tossed out Republican-drawn electoral maps for excessive gerrymandering, these maps will remain in effect through November, potentially changing who controls Congress and state legislatures for the next two years.
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12/12 Read the full story here:https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/01/millions-of-voters-will-cast-ballots-in-november-in-unconstitutionally-gerrymandered-districts/ …
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