Above: Michigan’s governor/secretary of state/attorney general will have “trifecta” control of the Michigan legislature for the first time in 40 years after a citizens initiative created an independent redistricting commission to create competitive fair districts. Despite Democratic gains in 2018 and 2020, turning Arizona into a “purple state,” The so-called Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission earlier … Read more
Democrats in Texas have not won a statewide election since 1994. This Republican domination of Texas is largely due to the fact that Texas historically has the worst voter turnout in the nation over all those years (it improved in 2020 with pandemic voting rules, which have since been rescinded by Jim Crow 2.0 GQP … Read more
The Redistricting Commission in Ohio was created by an amendment to the Ohio Constitution, which was approved by 71% of Ohio voters in November 2015. Voters thought they were ending partisan gerrymandering. They were wrong. The Redistricting Commission was fatally flawed in its design. The Ohio Redistricting Commission is comprised of seven members: One individual appointed … Read more
First, Tom Bogionni summarizes a longer piece by Supreme Court reporters Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern in a cloumn for Slate, Clarence and Ginni Thomas are telegraphing the roadmap for stealing the 2024 election: legal experts: Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern make the case that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his conservative gadfly … Read more
The Washington Post reports, Supreme Court denies GOP requests to block new congressional maps in N.C., Pa.: The Supreme Court on Monday refused requests from Republicans in North Carolina and Pennsylvania to block new congressional maps approved by courts in those states, meaning the fall elections will be held in districts more favorable to Democrats … Read more