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  • blanketswithsmallpox@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I love the hypocrisy mic drop at the end, but damn does it suck to know Republicans just don’t care about it. And with 6 of them sitting on the supreme court, I see no reason why they wouldn’t just meddle in state elections this time, then go right back to saying they can’t help with maps lol.

    There is precedent for it acting quickly in an election dispute, as it did during Bush v. Gore in 2000 — but its reputation took a hit after it was perceived as meddling in the outcome. And, he adds, it could decline to intervene at all, as it did in several cases related to election procedures ahead of 2020.