#democratic-backsliding — Public Fediverse posts

Ah, the sweet smell of liberty in the morning. Or is that gunpowder and our freshly-shot dog?

https://piefed.social/c/political_memes/p/2043977/ah-the-sweet-smell-of-liberty-in-the-morning-or-is-that-gunpowder-and-our-freshly-shot

Gerrymandering or not, however you slice it, this does not change my view that drawing districts ought to be a process left to independent commissions based on as transparent and nonpartisan a methodology as possible. The United Kingdom knows better than to have politicians pick voters, as does even Brazil.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5856022-redistricting-supreme-court-voting-rights-act/

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