Many experts are forecasting the end of a key provision of election law — enabling Republicans to shore up their advantage in the House, according to a new report.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/55106076

Many experts are forecasting the end of a key provision of election law — enabling Republicans to shore up their advantage in the House, according to a new report.

Ahead of the court’s Oct. 15 rehearing of Louisiana v. Callais — a case that has major implications for the VRA — two voting rights groups are sounding the alarm, warning that eliminating Section 2, a provision that prohibits racial gerrymandering when it dilutes minority voting power, would let Republicans redraw up to 19 House seats to favor the party and crush minority representation in Congress.

Bye bye free and fair elections by the midterms! And people called me crazy for predicting this.

      • SereneSadie@lemmy.myserv.one
        114·
        6 days ago

        I got banned from ‘Lefty’ (tankieshits) Memes before I could ask how many Venezuelan fishermen Harris would’ve blown up.

      • Tinidril@midwest.socialEnglish
        54·
        5 days ago

        Two thirds of registered voters didn’t vote for Harris. This obsession with a tiny fraction who were justifiably angry about a genocide says a lot more about you than about them.

        • Beetschnapps@lemmy.world
          31·
          5 days ago

          Yea so the bigger question is why the fuck can a republican standup on national television say that immigrants “are eating the cats and dogs” yet still win the election…

          A lot of that relies on an electoral college based system where 20-30k votes in the right states determines the winner regardless of national sentiment.

          So enough BS, because a “WhAt AbOuT the GeNoCiDe” crowd can absolutely make a dent in a party that doesn’t have a 24/7 fox-news-newsmax-sinclair human centipede of a media juggernaut telling people how to vote.

          • Tinidril@midwest.socialEnglish
            2·
            5 days ago

            The point is that a whole lot of groups make a dent, and many make much bigger dents. Know who else made a dent? The people who were fucking complicit in a genocide. If your problem isn’t with them, then I don’t give a fuck what you think about anything.

        • empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
          21·
          5 days ago

          Two thirds of registered voters never vote at all, period. They don’t care or don’t have time/aren’t allowed to vote. Don’t deflect to groups that aren’t relevant.

    • TotallynotJessica@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      21·
      5 days ago

      The economy stupid! The economy was bad and Democrats lost to the right and left as a result. Rule friggin one of electoral politics cannot be ignored.