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Old 10-25-2018, 10:20 AM  
kane
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Originally Posted by crockett View Post
Yeah, I misspoke on gerrymandering on Senate but gerrymandering does affect the House, but it's more about the closing of polling offices in high population areas specifically trying to stop minorities from voting and the voting purges.

In South Dakota as another example American Indians can't get voter ID cards because the state wont accept PO boxes as legit addresses.. Meanwhile that's how addresses are on reservations and have been for years but suddenly it's not legal..
Gerrymandering, for sure, has a major effect on the house. I agree that the voter suppression by the right is the big one when it comes to the Senate. There are likely going to be several senate races that are very close so a little voter suppression could absolutely effect the outcome.
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