politics @lemmy.world Salamendacious @lemmy.world 8 mo. ago

Gerrymandered Ohio Republican lawmakers are already scheming to attack voters over election results

ohiocapitaljournal.com Gerrymandered Ohio Republican lawmakers are already scheming to attack voters over election results - Ohio Capital Journal

Ohio voters just took firm positions on abortion and reproductive rights and adult-use recreational marijuana Tuesday, but gerrymandered Ohio lawmakers are already planning to flout, ignore, challenge, and abuse the voters’ wishes. This is what gerrymandering brings. This is why it’s a fundamental poison in the lifeblood of our republic.

Mere hours after Ohio voters passed the Issue 1 reproductive rights amendment with 56.62%, according to unofficial results, and the Issue 2 recreational marijuana law with 57% (both getting nearly 2.2 million votes), Ohio Republican legislative leaders signaled they would not respect the will of the people.

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Maybe this way the people learn that Republicans cannot be trusted with democratic decisions.
Like when the people of Florida clearly voted to restore voting rights to people who completed their time in the justice system, and Florida Republicans just said Nah. Fuck the Republicans.
Fascist gonna fascism.
I genuinely don't understand how a human could see what they do and think "oh yeah these guys are good, fuck those assholes that care about basic human rights"
Ohio Republican legislative leaders signaled they would not respect the will of the people.

Have they ever?
They never really stopped. Before this was their previous attempt, the August election's Issue 1 in which they tried to suppress voter initiatives to amend the Constitution. Anybody that supports Republicans at this point is supporting fascism. There's not really "the lesser of two evils" in most elections now, it's the Evil party that is doing just about everything they can against America & the public, and then there's everyone else.
Or when Florida passed an anti gerrymandering law and the governor just ignored the state Congress and resubmitted the illegal maps
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I just want the rest of the country to understand how little of a say we have in our government in Ohio. They’re comfortable doing this with these margins because of how gerrymandered we are. Illegally so, but they just kept submitting the same map until the timer ran out
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I hope they try! The GOPs hard stance on this just keeps helping Dems at every turn. They’re digging their own graves
I lean right on most things, but do support both of these measures. I also support removing lawmakers that do not adhere to the will of the people they were elected to represent. Politicians need to be reminded they work for US, and need to be reminded they should fear the voting public.
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As someone not from US, and generally interested in the specifics of gerrymandering, can someone share a link for the extent of gerrymandering in Ohio.
It's the nakedness with which they show contempt for their constituents that alarms me. The Right now feel no fear of getting called out.
They did the same in Florida... And we are yet going to try again...
Ohioans like getting HI just as much as aborting babies. Nice. ;)

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