South Carolina Republicans took the first step Friday to cancel the state’s June primary election — to give more time to potentially pass a new gerrymandered congressional map — as absentee voting is already underway.
A South Carolina House subcommittee voted 3-2 along party lines to advance a bill that would move the state’s June 9 primary election to August 11, with the expectation that the legislature would redraw the state’s congressional map to dismantle its lone Democratic district, represented by longtime Rep. Jim Clyburn.
The vote came after the committee heard hours of public testimony urging lawmakers to reject pressure to delay the state’s primaries and draw new congressional maps. In all, 23 South Carolina residents testified against redistricting and moving the state’s primaries. No one spoke in support of either measure.
California did
California has somewhat unique freedom and weight by including a coast and an economy substantial enough to be an influential nation on its own. Take heart, but take care.
Virgina also did and they lack basically all of that
That was already overturned by the Virginia Supreme Court.
They only allow it when it benefits Republicans. They’re not even hiding it anymore.
I mean if it was overturned by the sate supreme court that’s really coming down to a state to state issue.
“They” in this case is the independently appointed supreme court judges for 50 states and their individual state constitutions.
Or is “they” Republicans? Because anyone paying attention knows they haven’t been hiding their corruption for like 50 years.
Of course this is going to be a bigger deal due to the Federal Supreme Court gutting the civil rights act. I expect we’ll see cases like this in several states
Unfortunate to hear that is how the VA Supreme Court ruled.
They have a coast but shittier weather