A Democrat won a state legislative special election in a district that President Trump carried by 17 percentage points, unnerving Republicans in Texas and beyond.

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    19 hours ago

    Sadly gerrymandering is only one tool in their arsenal of voter suppression. The next ones you’ll see (or already in progress)

    • closure of polling sites in primarily left leaning/minority areas (some areas are being left with only one voting site)
    • restriction to only being able to vote at your polling site (used to be you could vote at any site in the county, coupled with the first one will create incredibly long lines at certain stations, just rife for intimidation)
    • reduction or removal of early voting times
    • purging of voter registration with higher barrier to re-register

    Sadly all four of those are being actively implemented in multiple places in the state. Most in the Houston and Dallas areas.