Ballots got mailed Monday in most counties. Make sure you vote — that’s the only poll that really counts. Especially if you don’t want the Texas legislature to decide the balance of power in the House of Representatives.

You can also volunteer here

  • DarkFuture@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    12
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    9 days ago

    You’d have to be massively stupid and/or a traitor not to vote for it.

    The enemies of democracy are cheating to add more representatives to their side. We would be stupid not to add more to our side. And it expires after Trump’s term. So it’s not a permanent thing. I wouldn’t be comfortable with it if it was permanent.

    In a war, if you sit idly by and watch as your enemy’s army grows in size while you don’t do the same, you lose. Simple as that.

    P.S. Fuck Arnold Schwarzenegger for releasing that anti prop 50 ad. Fucking idiot.

    • silence7@slrpnk.netOP
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      9 days ago

      He’s not an idiot. Just a Republican, and largely on board with what that party wants.

      • Lemminary@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        3
        ·
        8 days ago

        It still boggles the mind how naturalized immigrants gravitate towards conservatism. But he’s rich, so that explains part of it.

    • themaninblack@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      2
      arrow-down
      3
      ·
      8 days ago

      It’s antidemocratic. Yes there are consequences to Texas’ and other states’ moves, but gerrymandering California is not the answer. Gerrymandering is never the answer.

      • silence7@slrpnk.netOP
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        6
        ·
        8 days ago

        You unilaterally disarm, and therefore never get a chance to ban gerrymandering nationally. Its not great that Democrats need to do this, but the alternative is a permanent fascist state

        • themaninblack@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          1
          arrow-down
          2
          ·
          7 days ago

          I get Popper’s paradox. However, explicitly changing the law to make things less democratic is in itself a fascist move.