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still_one

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1. Not to be critical but the elections for Governor and Senate are not affected by gerrymandering,
Tue Dec 20, 2016, 12:04 PM
Dec 2016

unless there is something I don't understand.

What is really disappointing in Wisconsin is Scott Walker overcame a recall, and was re-elected.

If those who voted for Jill Stein in Wisconsin had instead voted for Hillary, she would have won the state.

If those who had voted third party, had also voted for Russ for Senator, Russ would be in the Senate

I think a very similar situation also applies in North Carolina.

One interesting similarity between the two states s they both incorporated restrictive voting requirements before the 2016 election that were aimed at suppressing the African American vote. A lot of people were removed from the voter lists in North Carolina because of that. The NAACP was able to get a court ruling to reinstate those voters, but it was late in the game, and a lot of the folks didn't get the word in time.

What happened in North Carolina though with their legislature stripping the Democratic Governor of his legal authority, was definitely a result of gerrymandering.

The country is in serious trouble

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