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minus-squareCaptDust@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·28 days agoI agree it would be a temporary measure. Realistically Republicans only need ~6 more governors on board before they can start talking constitutional amendments, and do away with these pesky restrictions all together.
minus-squarebarneypiccolo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·27 days agoSix flips is asking a lot when Red states are tending to lean more purple these days.
minus-squarehedgehog@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up0·27 days agoThat sounds like something someone who’s never heard of gerrymandering or voter suppression would say.
minus-squareanomnom@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·27 days agoVoter suppression would work, but you can’t gerrymander state-wide votes.
I agree it would be a temporary measure. Realistically Republicans only need ~6 more governors on board before they can start talking constitutional amendments, and do away with these pesky restrictions all together.
Six flips is asking a lot when Red states are tending to lean more purple these days.
That sounds like something someone who’s never heard of gerrymandering or voter suppression would say.
Voter suppression would work, but you can’t gerrymander state-wide votes.