Nov 5, 2018 this is obviously part of the midterms, and i know there's a thread for that, but it's also horrifyingly permanent. for all trump et al.'s fear mongering about [poor/black/brown/etc] voters voting "illegally" –– there is no evidence this happens at any noticeable rate at all –– election fraud, and manipulation of the electoral playing field is now a fixed part of american politics. so, simple question: given the near-ubiquity, in many states, of republican efforts to disenfranchise or dissuade [poor/black/brown/etc] voters from casting ballots, why should we continue to treat these elections as legitimate? https://www.motherjones.com/politic...-law-could-make-him-governor-in-a-tight-race/ https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/26/us/dodge-city-kansas-voting.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/31/opinion/election-voting-rights-fraud-prosecutions.html https://mic.com/articles/192282/tod...llegations-after-gahack-accusation#.9iHaqEQ6n this is to say nothing of the gerrymandering that's made the electoral map anything but a representative sample of the population.
Nov 5, 2018 Youre right: gerrymandering belongs in a separate box, but it's equally ridiculous. We will see how PA turns blue now that there's been intervention. But to your specific question: man... if GA dems don't win this gubernatorial race.... some serious shenanigans. I'll be so mad. (aka I'm gonna call for the perm ban of any and all Trump supporting posters here, tbh.)
Nov 5, 2018 A lot of this is also associated with the Shelby County v. Holder Supreme Court case which gutted the voting rights act. I made this point a while back on here & well... people didn’t seem to agree: We need a new voting rights act.
