Georgia lawmakers send redrawn congressional map keeping 9-5 Republican edge to judge for approval

Serinus, 6 months ago

They’re going to follow the Ohio playbook and just keep submitting bad maps until the time is up.

homesweethomeMrL, 6 months ago

Yep. And anyone who expected otherwise is a damned fool.

Georgia republiQans: cheating their brains out as usual.

MacGuffin94, 6 months ago

The big difference is Ohio wasn’t a racial gerrymander, it was an unconstitutional (state) political gerrymander. But yes the play book is the same.

logicbomb, 6 months ago

When a map is determined to be gerrymandered in court, it seems like that’s the immediate point where it should be redrawn by the special master.

Sending it back to the people who gerrymandered it in the first place, and asking them to fix it is a stupid idea.

Endorkend, 6 months ago

Which is by design.

quindraco, 6 months ago

Gerrymandering is legal, as is mentioned in the article. What’s not legal is racial gerrymandering. If all a court does is find a map to be gerrymandered, it won’t send it to anyone to be redrawn.

logicbomb, 6 months ago

If all a court does is find a map to be gerrymandered

Courts don’t just release random findings. To get a finding, somebody with standing has to bring a legally valid case before the court. If they find a map to be gerrymandered, then it is related to some court case about gerrymandering.

valaramech, 6 months ago

WTB proportional representation for the House. No need to gerrymander shit when there are no congressional districts to gerrymander.