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"non-partisan" redistricting
This is why I don't trust non-partisan redistricting. Its just another Democratic lie like balanced media.

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articl...46858.html

"...In California, like several other states that passed redistricting reforms, neither party is supposed to have an advantage in the map-drawing process — at least in theory. In 2008, Schwarzenegger helped push through a ballot measure creating a “citizen commission” to redraw the maps after the decennial census. It was promoted as a way to achieve independence — made up of five Democrats, five Republicans and four from neither party. But critics say the independent citizen commission label is a façade – that Democrats have an undeniable advantage because the top legislative leaders (all Democrats) have a big role in winnowing the candidates, and a governor-appointed state auditor makes the final selection.

Conservative critics of the process say that Republicans are poised to lose at least a dozen congressional, state Senate and Assembly seats over the next few years because of this Democratic-dominated process.

“This is a Democratic state, and the deck is deliberately stacked,” Harmeet Dhillon, a San Francisco attorney and member of the Republican National Committee, tells RealClearPolitics. “When you look at the so-called Republican commissioners on there, they’re pretty passive, and frankly, they’re not driving the bus....""
12-09-2021 12:02 PM
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Those committees have always been nothing but shams.
12-09-2021 12:13 PM
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Shenanigans going on in MI.

But, honestly I'm not really following it, it's not good for me lol

Average Joe Voter thought it would help in fairness & transparency. Shocker shocker, it was just a vote to give Dems more power in the guise of fairness & transparency.
12-09-2021 01:52 PM
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(12-09-2021 12:02 PM)bullet Wrote:  “This is a Democratic state, and the deck is deliberately stacked,” Harmeet Dhillon, a San Francisco attorney and member of the Republican National Committee, tells RealClearPolitics. “When you look at the so-called Republican commissioners on there, they’re pretty passive, and frankly, they’re not driving the bus....""

That description pretty much applies to the vast majority of republicans nationwide. The only two issues they seem able to get energized about are gay rights and abortion, and quite frankly I'm not with them on either of those.

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12-09-2021 04:28 PM
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