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(11,782 posts) Tue Oct 21, 2025, 11:11 AM Tuesday

BREAKING: The North Carolina Senate hastily passed a GOP gerrymander Tuesday in a 26-20 vote

ðŸš¨BREAKING: The North Carolina Senate hastily passed a GOP gerrymander Tuesday in a 26-20 vote, advancing a proposed congressional map that aims to dismantle one of the stateâ€™s Black Democratic seats at the request of President Donald Trump. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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BREAKING: The North Carolina Senate hastily passed a GOP gerrymander Tuesday in a 26-20 vote (Original Post) In It to Win It Tuesday OP

If it passes the full Senate & House, won't Gov. Josh Stein (Dem) veto it? hlthe2b Tuesday #1

I could be wrong but I'm not sure this is a bill that the governor has power to veto. LonePirate Tuesday #2

He can't. The legislature took that power away from the governor. yardwork Tuesday #3

Damn... I've never read the NC constitution (obviously) but how can that pass muster? hlthe2b Tuesday #6

The Republicans keep taking more power here. yardwork Tuesday #8

With the right state Supreme Court, it wouldn't. In It to Win It Tuesday #9

So how many D states other than California are gerrymandering? gab13by13 Tuesday #4

NC is a state where even a black republican candidate can openly admit to being a Nazi.* RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Tuesday #5

The Governor here can't veto redistricting dsc Tuesday #7

hlthe2b

(111,865 posts)

1. If it passes the full Senate & House, won't Gov. Josh Stein (Dem) veto it?

Reply to In It to Win It (Original post)

Tue Oct 21, 2025, 11:17 AM

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LonePirate

(14,257 posts)

2. I could be wrong but I'm not sure this is a bill that the governor has power to veto.

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #1)

Tue Oct 21, 2025, 11:24 AM

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I welcome anyone more knowledgeable in NC governance to correct me here.

If it can be vetoed, the legislature needs 60% in each house to override the veto.

yardwork

(68,395 posts)

3. He can't. The legislature took that power away from the governor.

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #1)

Tue Oct 21, 2025, 11:24 AM

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The Republican-controlled NC state legislature seized full control of NC elections.

hlthe2b

(111,865 posts)

6. Damn... I've never read the NC constitution (obviously) but how can that pass muster?

Reply to yardwork (Reply #3)

Tue Oct 21, 2025, 12:03 PM

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yardwork

(68,395 posts)

8. The Republicans keep taking more power here.

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #6)

Tue Oct 21, 2025, 12:13 PM

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They are one vote shy of a super majority and they've got the state so gerrymandered it's basically not a democracy anymore.

I wish them ill.

In It to Win It

(11,782 posts)

9. With the right state Supreme Court, it wouldn't.

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #6)

Tue Oct 21, 2025, 01:55 PM

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But once Republicans gained the majority on the North Carolina Supreme Court, they let this happen.

gab13by13

(30,222 posts)

4. So how many D states other than California are gerrymandering?

Reply to In It to Win It (Original post)

Tue Oct 21, 2025, 11:35 AM

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9 Magat states are planning to gerrymander and if, er, when the Supreme Court guts the Civil Rights Act, Magats will gain an addition 19 House seats.

GOTV.

RedWhiteBlueIsRacist

(1,362 posts)

5. NC is a state where even a black republican candidate can openly admit to being a Nazi.*

Reply to In It to Win It (Original post)

Tue Oct 21, 2025, 11:40 AM

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*Google: Mark Robinson.

Republicans are destroying NC. The White Supremacist Court of the United States (WSCOTUS) is leading the charge. Dem governor Josh Stein has had his powers diminished by the racist maga legislation of the state.

dsc

(53,212 posts)

7. The Governor here can't veto redistricting

Reply to In It to Win It (Original post)

Tue Oct 21, 2025, 12:07 PM

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ironically due to a bill authored by former Governor, then state senator, Cooper.

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