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In reply to the discussion: Is calling people "far left idiots" a way to promote dialogue? [View all]Gothmog
(182,467 posts)I volunteer a great deal on voter protection issues. I trained and supervised 200+ poll watchers last cycle to combat some bad information being given out on the Texas voter id law. Gerrymandering affects state and local races but not the POTUS race and talking about gerrymandering with respect to the POTUS race is the classic example of a straw man.
I testified about the 2013 Texas redistricting maps and have been talking to the counsel for NAACP and MALC about trying to get the three judge panel in the Texas redistricting case to find intentional discrimination in my county. Right now, the Democrats are likely to pick up three to seven congressional seats and at least ten state house seats due to the redistricting lawsuit.
There is a study that voter id may have given trum the win in Wisconsin but that study may have some issues https://electionlawblog.org/?p=92447 Even with the court ruling in the Texas case there were numerous voters who could have voted but did not due to the Texas voter suppression law https://electionlawblog.org/?p=92423
Again, the stein supporters and BOB types discouraged sufficient votes to help Trump win. Gerrymandering has nothing to do with the POTUS election.