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catbyte

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20. How can they do that? It's unconstitutional. Are all of the judges in FL up the GQP's ass?
Wed Nov 16, 2022, 04:51 PM
Nov 2022

That might be a silly question given the results of the last election. That's not how we roll in the Great Lakes State.

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It used to be the citizens would select their politicians - it's the reverse now. Probatim Nov 2022 #1
The GOP received 4 million more votes ITAL Nov 2022 #2
With such a slim House majority, gerrymandering made all the difference In It to Win It Nov 2022 #4
Dems also ran unopposed ITAL Nov 2022 #13
They got more votes Zeitghost Nov 2022 #15
I'm not denying they got more votes. They got more votes. In It to Win It Nov 2022 #21
They have drawn maps that favor them Zeitghost Nov 2022 #27
But again, my focus is on the legality of it. That was the point of my original post In It to Win It Nov 2022 #29
It's illegal here as well Zeitghost Nov 2022 #30
I gotta disagree BrienDoesIt Nov 2022 #5
how many million Democratic votes were suppressed? FoxNewsSucks Nov 2022 #6
I don't know inthewind21 Nov 2022 #11
1 too many uponit7771 Nov 2022 #18
A point that means little in this context, we know gerrymandering helped GZP which isn't very ... uponit7771 Nov 2022 #17
Ridiculous. I wish other states had the option we had here in Michigan to put an catbyte Nov 2022 #3
We tried to do that in OH too .... it got shot down. Botany Nov 2022 #7
In fairness to the Ohio Supreme Court, they did strike down the gerrymandered map In It to Win It Nov 2022 #19
We did that in Florida in 2010 In It to Win It Nov 2022 #14
How can they do that? It's unconstitutional. Are all of the judges in FL up the GQP's ass? catbyte Nov 2022 #20
Yes they are... but the particular trial judge that heard the case did In It to Win It Nov 2022 #22
Wow. catbyte Nov 2022 #25
Here in Florida In It to Win It Nov 2022 #26
Ah, so the Governor appoints SC judges in Florida. Here in Michigan, they're elected for an 8-year catbyte Nov 2022 #28
A child molester protector yankee87 Nov 2022 #8
yes they did. They are not legitimate. samsingh Nov 2022 #9
What happened in OH in 2022 did not need to happen. Botany Nov 2022 #16
they took control of state legislator so they could cheat and now we are surprised republianmushroom Nov 2022 #10
Exactly inthewind21 Nov 2022 #12
DeathSantis stole 2 or 3 seats by gerrymandering in Florida LetMyPeopleVote Nov 2022 #23
One DUer from Tennessee has posted here that Nashville had 2 Congressional seats that were and ... Botany Nov 2022 #24
Gerrymandering in KY diluted Dem votes around the capitol. Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2022 #31
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