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Virginia court declares state’s redistricting vote was unconstitutional in legal win for Republicans(www.foxnews.com)
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[-]x0x72(+2|0)

It was going to make Virginia blue forever. Supposedly it was going to jerrymander the state for just one election, but we know nothing that is sold as temporary ever is. The fact that they could pass it means Virginia pretty much will be blue forever, but with the remapping they wouldn't even need to put money in to win. That would make the state completely uncompeditive which means politicians have no reason to think about the electorate at all.

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[-]RickSanchez3(+3|0)

Both the Democrats and Republicans do it in different states. I hope the Supreme Court makes it illegal.

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[-]x0x71(+1|0)

I wonder what the dynamics would be if they did it the opposite way. If a party wins 3 times in a row, the legislative members from other parties get to redraw the map. In theory it could keep all of the states more competitive.

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[-]JasonCarswell
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Though I hate the idea of government, I love that idea - for more fairness.

Seemingly.
I'm sure they'd figure a way to game that system too.

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[-]Zapped0(0|0)

It can be legal, but it can't be egregious. There has to be some semblance of "fair" mapping.

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[-]pumpkin0(0|0)

In the lead-up to the 2010 United States elections, the Republican Party initiated a program called REDMAP, the Redistricting Majority Project, which recognized that the party in control of state legislatures would have the ability to set their congressional and legislative district maps based on the pending 2010 United States census to assure that party's control over the next ten years.source

Democrats have been fighting this for the past 20 years, without success.

Leading up to the Virginia vote, Republicans had amassed a cushion of newly drawn Republican seats through gerrymanders in Texas, North Carolina, Missouri and Ohio. Democrats countered with a gerrymander of their own in California, and courts in Utah gave Democrats an unexpected new district in the deeply red Western state.source

With Virginia’s vote on Tuesday, Democrats pulled close to even with Republicans, who may have further cards to play in the race to gain extra House seats.source

Potential seats in gerrymandered states are now somewhat equal, thanks to the Virginia gerrymander. There is still a bill in the House that calls for the abolition of gerrymandering, but the Republican-controlled Congress will not bring it to a vote.

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[-]Zapped1(+1|0)

Ahem. I'll leave this here.

The Democratic-Republican Party, led by Massachusetts Governor Elbridge Gerry, carried out the first widely recognized gerrymander in 1812. They redrew state senate districts to concentrate opposition Federalist voters and secure political advantage, resulting in a contorted district that resembled a salamander.

The Democratic-Republican Party of the early 1800s is distinct from today’s Republican Party; it evolved into the modern Democratic Party.

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[-]pumpkin1(+1|0)

I should like to thank Jesus for the 1865 Equal Protection Clause (and its federal requirements that states provide equal protection to citizens).

The "party switch" occurred primarily between the 1930s and 1960, driven by the Great Depression and Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal. Praise be.

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[-]Zapped1(+1|0)

The wording is "persons", but the meaning is "citizens"?

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[-]pumpkin1(+1|0)

Well spotted. Seems it could have been a Commie plot.

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[-]Zapped0(0|0)

I don't know what your definition of "is" is.

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[-]pumpkin1(+1|0)

That is a tricky one. Historically nothing can be said to exist without it, meaning 'to be' or exist, or become, or happen. The word 'genius' is based on this word, to beget, to bring into being, because this 'gignere', is an innate, generative power. The term has been used in so many differend ways for so many different purposes, but always does the same thing: to make being from nothingness.

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