• lordbarbarossa@lemmy.world
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    2 年前

    If it’s anything like Ohio it doesn’t matter what the majority wants. The republicans have drawn the maps so that they can control everything even with like 45% of the vote

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            Sorry, this was specifically about gubernatorial elections - unless you have some sort of weird state electoral college thing (which IIRC only exists in Mississippi and even there only sort-of), those are generally done with a statewide popular vote, and thus independent of district maps.

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              By creating barriers in certain districts it’s going to disproportionally going to affect those people, for example long lines, changing someone’s voting district, removing someone’s registration. There are tons of ways.

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                  No, gerrymandering is when you set up a district for the specific benefit of yourself. You should look it up. Stacking and packing are important terms.

                  My comments for examples of voter suppression

                  Edit: though gerrymandering is a form of voter suppression

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                the Florida state constitution requires a statewide vote to approve an amendment with 60% of the vote. If they couldn’t get a governor elected they couldn’t amend the constitution either.