F.B.I. Is Asked to Arrest Texas Democrats in Battle Over House Seats (www.nytimes.com)

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It was unclear how the agency would respond. Democratic lawmakers left the state to stop Republicans from redrawing district maps to their advantage.

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[-] silence7@slrpnk.net 11 points 1 year ago

Yes, some state legislatures can't pass any law unless some fraction of their members are present. So the minority can block a law by leaving the state and refusing to show up.

Given that the law in question is to gerrymander even more Democrats out of their seats, it makes sense to simply refuse to be in Texas

[-] rainwall@piefed.social 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This is a very serious gerrymander as well. The current house seats from texas are 65% GOP to 35% DNC. This would push them to 75% GOP and 25% DNC.

Do you know how texas votes statewide? 56.1% GOP. Yea, texas is already gerrymandered to fuck, they just want to fuck it way, way more.

Good on the dems to fight for actual representation.

[-] salty_chief@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago

Not gerrymandering just a change in registered voters. Now California is threatening to gerrymander. Real surprising.

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