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minus-squareSerinus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·7 months agoYes, please focus on the thing that needs a constitutional amendment to change, and not the thing that has more popular support.
minus-squareZaktor@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months ago gerrymandering is already illegal. Racial gerrymandering is, but you can say you’re drawing districts specifically to help your party win and that’s not illegal. At least not at the federal level. Your state might have better rules. https://www.npr.org/2023/05/17/1173469584/partisan-gerrymandering-explainer-north-carolina
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Yes, please focus on the thing that needs a constitutional amendment to change, and not the thing that has more popular support.
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Racial gerrymandering is, but you can say you’re drawing districts specifically to help your party win and that’s not illegal. At least not at the federal level. Your state might have better rules.
https://www.npr.org/2023/05/17/1173469584/partisan-gerrymandering-explainer-north-carolina