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Texas’s GOP Governor Can Arbitrarily Deny Democrats a Seat in Congress Until Next Year (theintercept.com)
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Texas’s heavily Democratic 18th Congressional District has an empty seat. State law gives Greg Abbott the power to delay the election to fill it.

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[–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Sadly that's nearly impossible due to gerrymandering. For example, this is one of the districts in the state shaped to confine as many blue votes as possible to a single district: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas%27s_35th_congressional_district

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Governor is a statewide race, gerrymandering may discourage a certain amount of voting due to apathy, but it doesn't really change how votes are counted.

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