Redistricting Reform and the 2018 Elections

By artappraiser on Thu, 11/08/2018 - 12:36am |

In "Redistricting Reform and the 2018 Elections," Rick Pildes explains the complexities of various proposals on the ballot to stop partisan gerrymandering: https://t.co/ARqeEKM8jk
— Harvard Law Review (@HarvLRev) November 5, 2018

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https://blog.harvardlawreview.org/redistricting-reform-and-the-2018-elections/

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Meanwhile, @rickhasen reads the tea leaves on how the new #SCOTUS might disable states from tackling partisan gerrymandering, with "The Next Threat to Redistricting Reform" https://t.co/5ZCyIn0aLK
— Harvard Law Review (@HarvLRev) November 5, 2018

by artappraiser on Thu, 11/08/2018 - 12:37am

700 GA voting machines found in warehouse untouched.
Wouldn't want to make voting simple, would ya?
Let the next round of lawsuits begin. Kemp just bought another
heapload of pain.
https://hotspotatl.com/3737012/700-wrapped-voting-machines-found-in-a-ge...

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 11/08/2018 - 10:57am

Kemp is another GOP lowlife elected official who knows he may not win playing by the rules so goes full-on J.R. Ewing of Dallas infame ("Once you give up your integrity, the rest is easy!"). He has this perpetual deer-in-the-headlights look on his face, as though he is always afraid. Wouldn't you be if you had done what he has done, and you acted as he did? Beyond disgraceful that Kemp as then Secretary of State (he resigned after declaring a victory Abrams has not conceded) did not recuse himself from oversight of the gubernatorial election. At least Kovach, who likewise did not recuse and was evidently behind the scenes off the radar--he hoped--helping engineer the Dodge City fiasco, was royally flushed on Tuesday.

Speaking of lowlife GOP statewide elected officials, Florida has a bunch of them. Several have been working overtime for years now to move their state aggressively towards the stone age: https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2018/11/07/republicans-broke-flor...

by AmericanDreamer on Thu, 11/08/2018 - 11:43am

Long twitter thread on Texas with lots of good info. on it, someone threw Ohio into the mix:

1/ Gerrymandering has backfired for Republicans in Dallas County.

Republicans had hoped to keep a majority of Texas House seats there when they redrew district boundaries.

Now, they hold onto only two of 14. #Midterms2018 #Election2018 #txlege https://t.co/1OAX3OEvJW pic.twitter.com/tIMkld6gPC
— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) November 8, 2018

I like this comment:

Demographic changes come at you hard.
— John Umphress (@JohnUmphress) November 8, 2018

by artappraiser on Thu, 11/08/2018 - 12:41pm

Speaking of Ohio, long thread analyzing the vote there, here:

It’s time to talk about Ohio.
— Alec MacGillis (@AlecMacGillis) November 8, 2018

Came to me highly recommended:

+1 https://t.co/hWjsFGFI3l
— Glenn Thrush (@GlennThrush) November 8, 2018

by artappraiser on Thu, 11/08/2018 - 2:40pm

Arnold Schwarzenegger wants to change how states draw their legislative districts. He already has his eye on reforms for 2020, @isaacdovere reports: https://t.co/yQgBqJ8nSc
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) November 9, 2018

edit to add, he also knows how to do P.R, and The Atlantic doesn't go very far, go figure:

Arnold @Schwarzenegger has a potential solution to gerrymandering.

This is his plan. pic.twitter.com/wA0qJucozz
— VICE News (@vicenews) November 9, 2018

by artappraiser on Sun, 11/11/2018 - 2:50am

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