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Shell_Seas

(3,474 posts) Tue Jan 10, 2023, 12:06 PM Jan 2023

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GOP Plans To Gerrymander Districts AGAIN This Session

Get ready. Senator Huffman has already filed multiple bills.

https://livingbluetx.com/2023/01/gop-plans-gerrymander/

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GOP Plans To Gerrymander Districts AGAIN This Session (Original Post) Shell_Seas Jan 2023 OP

I thought Congressional districts could only be changed every 10 years, after sinkingfeeling Jan 2023 #1

OMG, I found my doppelganger, gab13by13 Jan 2023 #3

Nope. Shell_Seas Jan 2023 #6

I thought they only get to gerrymander once every 10 years? gab13by13 Jan 2023 #2

Nope zipplewrath Jan 2023 #4

The red states are already so gerrymandered, they really can't get much more out of them PortTack Jan 2023 #5

sinkingfeeling

(53,263 posts)

1. I thought Congressional districts could only be changed every 10 years, after

Reply to Shell_Seas (Original post)

Tue Jan 10, 2023, 12:10 PM

Jan 2023

the census.

gab13by13

(25,420 posts)

3. OMG, I found my doppelganger,

Reply to sinkingfeeling (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 10, 2023, 12:11 PM

Jan 2023

you beat me to it.

Shell_Seas

(3,474 posts)

6. Nope.

Reply to sinkingfeeling (Reply #1)

Wed Jan 11, 2023, 10:00 AM

Jan 2023

They can change it as many times as they want.

gab13by13

(25,420 posts)

2. I thought they only get to gerrymander once every 10 years?

Reply to Shell_Seas (Original post)

Tue Jan 10, 2023, 12:10 PM

Jan 2023

Isn't it based on the census?

zipplewrath

(16,692 posts)

4. Nope

Reply to gab13by13 (Reply #2)

Tue Jan 10, 2023, 12:18 PM

Jan 2023

Unless there is a state law that generates that limit, they can change them as often as practical. Texas has done it before, in the '90s as I recall.

PortTack

(34,840 posts)

5. The red states are already so gerrymandered, they really can't get much more out of them

Reply to Shell_Seas (Original post)

Tue Jan 10, 2023, 02:02 PM

Jan 2023

Election experts pointed that out pre midterms. The biggest gerrymander was done in ‘10 and any further redraws aren’t going to give them any better results.

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