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Nonilex
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β€œAll options must be on the table β€” including Democratic state legislatures using their power to fight back & pursue #redistricting mid-cycle in order to protect our #democracy,” the group’s president, Heather Williams, said in a statement.

#Democrats in #California have said they could hold a special election in November to ask voters to adopt a ballot measure that would give Democrats more favorable districts next year.

#law #Texas #gerrymandering #Trump

Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai

#Republicans in #Ohio plan to redraw their map soon, & other states could join the fray, as well.

#Illinois Gov. #JBPritzker (D), who is hosting some of the #Texas #Democrats, said at a Sunday news conference that he’s considering all options in his state. But he did not offer any concrete steps he would take to establish new maps before the 2026 elections.

#law #gerrymandering #Trump

Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai

#HakeemJeffries on the #Texas #redistricting scheme: "These extremists want to be able to choose their voters as opposed to allowing the Texas voters to choose the people who should be privileged to represent them in Washington. It's #theft. That's what #gerrymandering in its extreme form is."

#law #ElectionLaw #midterms #elections #Trump #GregAbbott #rigged

Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai

#HakeemJeffries on how #Democrats will respond to the #Texas #redistricting scheme: "We are going to respond & respond forcefully, however we also will operate within the constraints of the #VotingRightsAct which is not what the Texas Democrats (sic; he meant #Republicans) are doing. We need fair maps & one national standard.”

#law #ElectionLaw #midterms #elections #Trump #GregAbbott #rigged

Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai

NY Gov #KathyHochul: β€œI'm tired of fighting this fight w/ my hand tied behind my back. …#politics is a political process.…we’re sick & tired of being pushed around when other #states don’t have the same aspirations that we always have had. I hold those dear. But I cannot ignore that the playing field has changed dramatically. Shame on us if we ignore that fact & cling tight to the vestiges of the past. That era is over. Donald #Trump eliminated that forever.”

#law #ElectionLaw #gerrymandering

Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai

β€œWe’re not going to tolerate our #democracy being stolen in a modern-day stagecoach heist by bunch of law breaking cowboys,” New York Gov. #KathyHochul said Monday, flanked by several of the [#Texas] lawmakers who fled. β€œIf #Republicans are willing to rewrite rules to give themselves an advantage, then they’re leaving us with no choice: We must do the same. You have to fight fire with fire.”

#law #ElectionLaw #gerrymandering #redistricting #midterms #elections #Trump
https://apnews.com/article/us-election-2026-texas-redistricting-136cfeddc717f9fc69337bd3d39b1819

Vassil Nikolov | Васил Николов
@vnikolov@ieji.de

Asymmetrical warfare may work better for the weaker side than an arms race.

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