Alabama found guilty of racial gerrymandering

[ohmiya_sg]

A major ruling with national implications.

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[blackjedii]

yeaaaaah i suspect this will be all tied up in a lil' neat bow when Trump adjusts the Supreme Court according to how his corporate buds tell him

[cherriesarered]

I know, right? If it goes before the Supreme Court, it could be really awesome (if at least one of the conservative court members does their freaking job) or really, reeaaally bad.

[lightframes]

The leader of the statehouse Democrats, Craig Ford (D-Gadsden) said the state should take the opportunity to transition to an independent system that doesn’t allow the majority party to draw maps that help them hold onto power.

I laughed.

But this is still a great ruling! Florida had a similar ruling and our districts were redrawn.

EDIT: Should specify those were our U.S. House districts - our state house districts are still a li'l messy

[pairatime]

This is why more states need to take the power to redistrict out of their hands and giving it to outside commissions that are either Bipartisan or non-partisan. Right now 8 do it for federal seats and 14 use it for federal and state seats (7 more partly use commissions) and that is a step but getting more states to do needs to be done. I hope it happens in Alabama but we'll have to see.

[honorh]

Gerrymandering should be illegal, period. It's a disgrace and a threat to democracy.