“Repeated failure to draw constitutional maps is closing off options. Was that the plan all along?”
UM, YES.
The Rs - from the jump - have done all they can to try to maintain as close to the status quo as possible to undermine our democracy. cleveland.com/opinion/2022/0…
UM, YES.
The Rs - from the jump - have done all they can to try to maintain as close to the status quo as possible to undermine our democracy. cleveland.com/opinion/2022/0…
“The evidence for this is unclear but suggestive -- although the process is far from over.”
The evidence is NOT unclear!
They didn’t convene the Comm’n until AUGUST of last year (less than a month before first map due date). Hearings didn’t start until 1 week before deadline.
The evidence is NOT unclear!
They didn’t convene the Comm’n until AUGUST of last year (less than a month before first map due date). Hearings didn’t start until 1 week before deadline.
Final R maps have come out just hours or minutes before final votes on them took place.
They have curbed any real public input opportunities that’d facilitate actual dialogue and they’ve ignored all we’ve said to them about what we want under #FairMaps.
They have curbed any real public input opportunities that’d facilitate actual dialogue and they’ve ignored all we’ve said to them about what we want under #FairMaps.
They’ve adopted nothing but unconstitutionally gerrymandered maps that have failed any real attempt to follow the spirit and promise of our reforms - measures some of them helped write and love to take credit for helping get passed on the ballot.
And now they’re refusing to move the primary in an attempt to force us to vote under rigged maps that preserve their unearned supermajorities.
No, the evidence is quite clear: The GOP has sabotaged this process from the get go. We have to stop expecting anything else from them.
No, the evidence is quite clear: The GOP has sabotaged this process from the get go. We have to stop expecting anything else from them.
The other thing folks in the pro-democracy space need to do is stop giving them an inch. Stop platforming bad actors who repeatedly show that they will betray democracy at every chance. Stop adopting their TPs or legal arguments.
Hold strong for democracy - that’s how we win.
Hold strong for democracy - that’s how we win.
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