The GOP war on democracy is working. Just look at Ohio.

[dalton99a]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/04/22/ohio-republican-war-on-democracy/

The GOP war on democracy is working. Just look at Ohio.
By Paul Waldman

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The latest blow came on Wednesday when a federal appeals court panel issued a ruling that essentially validated the congressional redistricting games Republicans in Ohio have been playing. They defied the will of the voters to enact a gerrymandering scheme and are now defying the state Supreme Court’s attempt to force them to redraw maps in compliance with the law.

The appeals court panel vote was 2 to 1, with two Trump appointees carrying the day.

To understand how bad this is, start with the fact that Ohio Republicans have waged all-out war on democracy for some time. Though voters overwhelmingly approved two ballot initiatives curbing partisan gerrymandering, the Republican-run legislature found loopholes allowing it to lock in its supermajorities, no matter what the voters want. ...

It’s important to see the big picture: Ohio Republicans defy the voters and defy the state Supreme Court, while running out the clock so eventually it will become too late to change things before the election. Then a federal court stacked with Trump appointees validates their strategy. And the U.S. Supreme Court, which will apparently tolerate nearly any manipulation of voting rules that helps the Republican Party, is there as the ultimate backstop.

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[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Yep, corrupt trump judges. It is all going as planned for the MAGA fascist killers

and the federalist society, no caps deserved.

[gab13by13]

2. I keep hearing how Democrats made out with redistricting

and I just don't see it. The SC also allowed Wisconsin and one of the Southern states to gerrymander. Democrats have a long row to hoe in the House. Tennessee gerrymandered out a Democrat from Nashville. Texas put Al Green and Sheila Jackson Lee in the same district.