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re: Kemp Calls June 16 Special Session of GA General Assembly for Redistricting... for 2028.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 6:12 pm to VoxDawg
Posted on 5/13/26 at 6:12 pm to VoxDawg
Exactly . By conducting the election they will be in direct violation of federal law. If there isn’t litigation it opens the door for further violations
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Posted on 5/13/26 at 6:21 pm to NC_Tigah
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elections were well underway.
2 days
Early voting in Georgia started on April 27 and the Callais decision was on the 29th. The first early voting period was from April 27-May 1.
Again, inconvenience to the state to press pause on early voting immediately in the wake of the SCOTUS ruling is not sufficient grounds to roll with unconstitutional districts.
If the situation were reversed and a liberal Court ruled that it's illegal to draw districts that weren't race-based serpentine nightmares, you bet your sweet arse that folks on the left would be raising hell to the Governor to suspend the primary immediately until the districts could be redrawn in according with the Court's guidelines.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 6:36 pm to VoxDawg
Honestly I think this is a smart move. Redistricting assuming Trump on the ballot voting patterns could easily backfire in georgia
Georgia is already at 9 republicans and 5 Dems. The last three presidential elections the gop has maxed out at 50.7% of the vote. Georgia has 2 current Dem senators.
Watering down the Dem vote further in Georgia is going to be hard.
4 of the 5 Dem seats in georgia already have 70% Dem vote. Only 1 Dem seat is remotely competitive and ripe to be watered down.
Making. 10-4 state when the voting bloc is close to 50-50 is tough.
Georgia is a competitive and purple state. Atlanta is only getting bigger.
Georgia is already at 9 republicans and 5 Dems. The last three presidential elections the gop has maxed out at 50.7% of the vote. Georgia has 2 current Dem senators.
Watering down the Dem vote further in Georgia is going to be hard.
4 of the 5 Dem seats in georgia already have 70% Dem vote. Only 1 Dem seat is remotely competitive and ripe to be watered down.
Making. 10-4 state when the voting bloc is close to 50-50 is tough.
Georgia is a competitive and purple state. Atlanta is only getting bigger.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 6:41 pm to VoxDawg
quote:Care to address the Constitutional issues involved?
Elections were well underway.
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2 days
Because I'm pretty sure whomever manipulated the SCOTUS delay (not naming names ..... Elena Kagan) was fully aware of the litany of legal challenges those two days would entail.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 7:44 pm to ned nederlander
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Georgia is a competitive and purple state.
It's really not. The elections of 2018, 2020 & 2022 were impossibly fricked up.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 7:46 pm to deeprig9
My take is that he pretty clearly didn’t want to do anything but was getting so much heat, he offered this as a compromise.
Then again, I don’t trust the WEF.
Then again, I don’t trust the WEF.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 7:46 pm to NC_Tigah
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Care to address the Constitutional issues involved?
There were zero constitutional hurdles within Georgia to have been overcome, only logistical inconveniences for those first 2 days needing to be tossed.
Kemp had the ability/power to remedy the situation.
He does not possess the resolve to do so.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 7:48 pm to NC_Tigah
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whomever manipulated the SCOTUS delay (not naming names ..... Elena Kagan) was fully aware of the litany of legal challenges those two days would entail
It was 1000% deliberate for these very reasons that we are seeing now.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 8:20 pm to jimmy the leg
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My take is that he pretty clearly didn’t want to do anything but was getting so much heat, he offered this as a compromise.
Then again, I don’t trust the WEF.
You are a right wing version of an NPC.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 8:24 pm to WeeWee
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Georgia republicans need to stand up and do it themselves
And Kemp will veto it when it gets to his desk. Back to square one
Posted on 5/14/26 at 9:03 am to tzimme4
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Georgia republicans need to stand up and do it themselves And Kemp will veto it when it gets to his desk. Back to square one
I think you are wrong. I don’t think that he would have the spine to veto a redistricting bill.
Posted on 5/14/26 at 10:56 am to VoxDawg
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I knew it was too good to be true for the midterms, but it's better than nothing, I suppose.
This is just a CYA for Kemp so he can act like he did something, while also making sure it didn't happen before midterms when it mattered most.
Posted on 5/14/26 at 11:02 am to BTROleMisser
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This is just a CYA for Kemp so he can act like he did something, while also making sure it didn't happen before midterms when it mattered most.
Absolutely correct on all counts.
Posted on 5/14/26 at 11:21 am to WeeWee
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I think you are wrong. I don’t think that he would have the spine to veto a redistricting bill.
He would sign it, but there would be an immediate lawsuit filed challenging the redistricting for 2026. My guess is that the suit would be filled in Fulton County (very blue) and a judge like McBurney would side with the plaintiffs and rule it violated the state constitution.
It looks like we are about to get two Marxists elected to the state Supreme Court (those races are decided on the primary ballot and Democrat ballots lead Republican ballots by about 75,000 with two days of early voting left). So there's no guarantee that the SCOGA would side with the Republicans.
Posted on 5/14/26 at 2:11 pm to deeprig9
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You are a right wing version of an NPC.
So he didn’t speak at the WEF?
Was he or was he not thanked for the 2020 election(s) in their intro to him?
Posted on 5/14/26 at 7:42 pm to VoxDawg
Posted on 5/14/26 at 7:44 pm to PJinAtl
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there would be an immediate lawsuit filed challenging the redistricting for 2026.
There may very well be lawsuits challenging the 2026 results being held with unconstitutional districts. The DOJ already said they were going to be keeping states in their sights for inaction after this ruling.
Posted on 5/14/26 at 7:49 pm to VoxDawg
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It's really not. The elections of 2018, 2020 & 2022 were impossibly fricked up.
What about 2024? Trump won by . . . 50.7 percent. Not exactly a number that screams 11-3 gerrymander
Georgia has two democrats senators, has had three close presidential elections in a row and kemp vs abrams was a close governor race.
Georgia isn’t Alabama. It’s a red leaning state but purple enough that candidates matter and you could get burned spreading Atlanta around.
Posted on 5/14/26 at 8:02 pm to VoxDawg
Once in session is there any reason the legislators can’t pass a new map for 2026 anyway?
Posted on 5/14/26 at 8:42 pm to FlySaint
They called Sine Die on April 3. They're done for the year until Hayseed called them back in June for what amounts to a piss-poor attempt the look like he's doing something.
In reality he's only taking preemptive credit for what the next Governor could get done in 2027 session for 2028 districts.
In reality he's only taking preemptive credit for what the next Governor could get done in 2027 session for 2028 districts.
This post was edited on 5/14/26 at 8:45 pm
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