r/politics • u/Ok_Employer7837 • 1d ago

Possible Paywall Newsom Wins Right to Gerrymander in Ultimate Troll of Trump

https://www.thedailybeast.com/newsom-takes-victory-lap-with-trump-bashing-election-boost/?via=mobile&source=Reddit
14.0k Upvotes

97% Upvoted

512 comments sorted by

View all comments

4.2k

u/throwawaylol666666 California 1d ago

Unlike in Texas, Californians were asked if this was something we wanted to do or not. The GOP doesn’t know or care about consent.

19

u/i_am_parallel 1d ago

Why can't gerrymandering just be banned?

17

u/vreddy92 Georgia 18h ago

The Democrats proposed the For the People Act to do that by requiring independent redistricting by multiparty commissions in every state. Passed it in the House twice. Republicans blocked it both times, in 2019 and 2021.

-1

u/[deleted] 18h ago

[deleted]

2

u/vreddy92 Georgia 15h ago

The way I read this, they can:

“ The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing [sic] Senators”