Redistricting | NC GOP changes map

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UNCBAdookJD said:
Yes. It is distinctly possible Dems could win a fairly significant majority of votes but Republicans hold onto the House by virtue of all of these new gerrymanders.
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If I recall, Dems would have to be about +7 or +8 to win the House if all the states currently talking about gerrymandering actually do it.
 


Of course further gerrymandering the state in obedience to Orange Jesus is the priority for NCGA Pubs instead of passing a state budget, which is already almost four months late, for the current fiscal year.
 

Voter turnout exceeds expectations in California’s Proposition 50 special election​


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Voter turnout exceeds expectations in California's Proposition 50 special election

Over 3 million mail ballots have been returned in the special election about redrawing congressional districts. Political observers were surprised.
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“… That’s roughly the same number of ballots returned by this time in the White House contest between then-Vice President Kamala Harris and then-former President Trump in 2024, notable because turnout during presidential elections is higher than in other years.…”
 
dukeman92 said:
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Michael Garrett - NC Senate



I just stood on the Senate floor and spoke to history.



Not to my colleagues who sold out democracy for a president’s endorsement. Not to the leadership who scheduled this vote in secret and rammed it through before North Carolina could react.



I spoke to the future. To the children who will inherit what we’re destroying today. To the generations who will ask: when democracy was dying in broad daylight, what did you do?



This wasn’t redistricting. This was a heist. A theft of your voice, your power, your right to choose your own representatives.



They rigged these maps because Donald Trump snapped his fingers. They did it in darkness because they knew if you saw it coming, you’d stop them. They betrayed every principle they claim to hold because power mattered more than the promise.



This weekend, millions of Americans filled the streets declaring “America has no kings.” Today, North Carolina Republicans bent the knee anyway.



I filed a constitutional protest. Not because it will change their votes, it won’t. But because someone has to mark this moment. Someone has to ensure the permanent record shows: when they stole your democracy, some of us said no.



The men and women who froze at Valley Forge, who bled on Normandy’s beaches, who were beaten on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, they didn’t sacrifice everything so politicians could auction off democracy to the highest bidder.



This betrayal will not stand. Not in the eyes of history. And not if you refuse to let it.



Watch what I said. Share it with everyone who still believes democracy is worth defending. Then ask yourself: when my children ask what I did when democracy was dying, what will my answer be?



The fight isn’t over. It’s just beginning. And I need you in it.



🔗 to full video:



#NoKings #NCPolitics #DefendDemocracy #NCGA #Democracy #Raleigho
 
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NC lawmakers, still at impasse, leave town with new voting map but no budget or Medicaid fix • NC Newsline

On their way out of Raleigh, NC House lawmakers passed three proposals addressing long-standing budget and funding issues. They'll likely sit untouched for weeks as a four-month stalemate between Republican House and Senate leaders drags on until at least mid-November.
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"In the General Assembly’s monthly session, leaders in the House and Senate could agree on just two substantive proposals: a redrawn U.S. House map that granted Republicans another seat, and a stopgap spending measure. They still could not agree on a general operating budget that’s already months overdue, a way to fund Medicaid amid cuts to provider rates, or even tailored spending measures for raises for state workers and teachers."

Shameful.
 
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