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More Districts Ruled Illegal

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by G8trGr8t, Jul 13, 2023.

  1. G8trGr8t

    G8trGr8t Premium Member

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    Now NY is going to have to redraw their house districts. Board won't agree so it will go to house in NY. Up to 6 more dem seats in the house just from NY

    What is the status of the florida maps? Any idea jow many dem seats would be gained if suit succesful?

    New York Is Ordered by Appeals Court to Redraw House Map
    A New York appeals court on Thursday ordered the state’s congressional map to be redrawn, siding with Democrats in a case that could give the party a fresh chance to tilt one of the nation’s most contested House battlegrounds leftward.
    Wading into a long-simmering legal dispute, the Appellate Division of the State Supreme Court in Albany said that the competitive, court-drawn districts put in place for last year’s midterms had only been a temporary fix.

    They ordered the state’s bipartisan redistricting commission to promptly restart a process that would effectively give the Democrat-dominated State Legislature final say over the contours of New York’s 26 House seats for the remainder of the decade.
    “We direct the I.R.C. to commence its duties forthwith,” Elizabeth A. Garry, the presiding justice, wrote in the majority opinion, referring to the Independent Redistricting Commission. Two members of the five-judge panel dissented.

    Republicans vowed to appeal, leaving a final decision to the state’s highest court, the Court of Appeals, just a year after it stopped an earlier attempt by Democrats to gerrymander the maps
     
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  2. citygator

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    Until all these terrible maps are unwound nationwide I don’t know why a state would attempt their own level of fairness. Seems like a catch 22.
     
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  3. tampagtr

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    A lot of people may wrongly assume that because New York is a blue state it was gerrymandered for Democrats. Not the case. A lot of history, most recently with Cuomo cutting a deal
     
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  4. G8trGr8t

    G8trGr8t Premium Member

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    So what is status of Florida maps?
     
  5. docspor

    docspor GC Hall of Fame

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    i just recently learned that Heller wanted catch 18. Was it Ted Lasso...can't recall. quality editor IMO
     
  6. gator_lawyer

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    We should end gerrymandering everywhere. It's an abomination and is harming this country.
     
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  7. phatGator

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    I don’t see why it can’t be solved mathematically. Just start at a given point or points and apply an algorithm to draw districts with the minimal number of corners possible but each containing the same number of citizens.
     
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  8. G8tas

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    Tyrant card declined.
     
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  10. danmanne65

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    I thought it was 17 but there was already stalag 17.