Hakeem Jeffries: The map prepared by an unelected, out-of-town...partisan Republican judge

[IcyPeas]

How can they so blatantly get away with this?

The map prepared by an unelected, out-of-town special master and rubber-stamped in the dead of night by a partisan Republican judge in Steuben County is a constitutional travesty.

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[Lovie777]

1. I would say take this to the US SC . . .

but the 5 GQP justices are political hacks too.

[msongs]

2. so whatcha gonna do about it? nt

[Budi]

3. There has to be a method to halt this decision.

[ColinC]

4. The map was drawn by Jonathan Cervas.

By far none of the things that Jeffries described of the judge.

http://jonathancervas.com/

[hlthe2b]

6. Uh huh... I'll trust Marc Elias' assessment. Is Cervas a friend of yours?

[ColinC]

7. Marc Elias is a partisan lawyer. If anybody knows anything about what a fair map looks like

It would be David Wasserman, who was thoroughly impressed with Cervas' work.

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[ColinC]

9. And while I agree with New York's map being fair, I do support

Every effort in making it unfair in favor of Democrats, which would make it more fair for everybody Nationwide.

[ColinC]

13. How do you suppose that he tried to get trump elected?

The article you posted suggests that because of the type of candidate trump is, he should support ranked choice voting. It does not suggest that the author wants Trump elected.

Only that the author wants more candidates -and people in general, to support more democratic processes for voting.

[ColinC]

14. Again if anybody knows a fair map it is Dave Wasserman

Here is his take on the map:

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I personally would prefer an unfair map as that would balance out he unfair GOP maps better and help Dems prevent democracy. But as far as the state itself, it doesn't seem to be anywhere close to unfair.

[ancianita]

5. I hope Marc Elias is all over this. He's won against this crap already.

[quakerboy]

8. Id be much more in favor of this

If it were done on a national level.

Lets dump gerrymandering all together. Redraw districts based purely on population per location with the smallest surface border area possible. In EVERY state.

[ColinC]

11. Same.

I support the principle not the resulting product nationwide.