Trump and Abbott are trying to redraw Texas—again. And this time, they’re coming for five congressional seats to flip the House. Here’s how they’re doing it—and why blue states might strike back.
In 2024 Ohio had the opportunity to create a redistricting commission consisting of 5 republicans, 5 democrats, and 5 independents. Unfortunately, republicans had it reworded in confusing language and then strongly advertised to vote "no" on Issue 1. This confused voters (my husband and son included) to think that a "no" vote was not supporting the current gerrymandering model but was supporting the proposed. Our governor, Mike DeWine, had promised to fix our broken voting districts. He hasn't and he supported the demise of Issue 1. It's difficult to be heard when my governor, state legislator, state senator, US representative, and US senators are all republicans and support the current regime. From the moment I learned about gerrymandering in my high school history and civics classes, I did not like it, no matter which political party is in "power."
A question that I haven't heard discussed... this isn't the first case of computer generated maps which may move individual households from one district to another. Has anyone done a FOIA request for the databases used to generate these maps?
It seems to me that if you are a member of a household on the border that has been identifiable gerrymandered (like the only house on a street pulled into the adjoining district) there might be a first ammendment case by that individual. If a single house is pulled for the explicit purpose of diminishing the effectivity of that household's votes, and it is based on party registration, or public statements made by members of that household, isn't there a viable argument that its a first ammendment violation?
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In 2024 Ohio had the opportunity to create a redistricting commission consisting of 5 republicans, 5 democrats, and 5 independents. Unfortunately, republicans had it reworded in confusing language and then strongly advertised to vote "no" on Issue 1. This confused voters (my husband and son included) to think that a "no" vote was not supporting the current gerrymandering model but was supporting the proposed. Our governor, Mike DeWine, had promised to fix our broken voting districts. He hasn't and he supported the demise of Issue 1. It's difficult to be heard when my governor, state legislator, state senator, US representative, and US senators are all republicans and support the current regime. From the moment I learned about gerrymandering in my high school history and civics classes, I did not like it, no matter which political party is in "power."
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A question that I haven't heard discussed... this isn't the first case of computer generated maps which may move individual households from one district to another. Has anyone done a FOIA request for the databases used to generate these maps?
It seems to me that if you are a member of a household on the border that has been identifiable gerrymandered (like the only house on a street pulled into the adjoining district) there might be a first ammendment case by that individual. If a single house is pulled for the explicit purpose of diminishing the effectivity of that household's votes, and it is based on party registration, or public statements made by members of that household, isn't there a viable argument that its a first ammendment violation?
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