They will head to Illinois, where Gov. JB Pritzker has expressed sympathy for their plight.
Democrats leaving the state effectively brings the state House of Representatives to a standstill and prevents any consideration by the full chamber of HB 4, which would dramatically redraw Texas' congressional maps (via Houston Public Media).
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Q: Who appoints the State Auditor?
A: The Governor of California
#20 | POSTED BY SITZKRIEG AT 2025-08-04 09:26 PM | FLAG:
So the Californian governor intentionally weakens his political party in the state because.... ?
#21 | POSTED BY SITZKRIEG
Nice try. The Governor has nothing to do the redistricting and does nothing to either strengthen or weaken his own party.
The governor only selects the auditor and the auditor RANDOMLY selects eight from the list of approved applicants and they choose the rest.
California's state legislative and congressional districts are drawn by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission. The commission was established after the passage of California Proposition 11, or the Voters First Act, in 2008 for state legislative districts, and Proposition 20 in 2010 for congressional districts. The commission consists of 14 members: five Democrats, five Republicans, and four independents or voters affiliated with another party.
Members of the commission are selected through a rigorous process. Initial and supplemental applications, due in late 2019, were reviewed by the Applicant Review Panel (ARP). After selecting and conducting interviews with the 120 most qualified candidates by May 2020, the ARP narrowed the pool down to 60, divided evenly across party affiliations.The Legislature had until the end of June to remove up to 24 applicants. The State Auditor then randomly selected the first eight commissioners from the remaining list, and these eight themselves selected the final six.
In addition, in California the People have an input into the process.
The Commission held 34 public meetings in which more than 2,700 people participated, with an additional 20,000 written comments submitted. Following the state Supreme Court's approval of a four-month redistricting delay, a similar public input process is likely in 2021.
The receipts:
gerrymander.princeton.edu
But the electoral results are very partisan. Partisan is as partisan does. Reality, try it sometime.
That's a narrow definition of deep state. Though if you substitute Democrat Party for organized crime it sort of fits. Fun fact the FBI under Hoover denied the existence of organized crime. Also the concept of the deep state in the US predates the Turkish coining of the term. Obfuscation noted.
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Latest term in a continuing series of fictional terms used by individuals addicted to acting like victims who are some of the most ignorant or problematic people in America, mostly on the far right, who are better and more intelligently known as, The Deep Dumb. This is a section of America who feel they have been ignorance and rightly so, because they have so many ridiculous beliefs that are frequently damaging even to themselves.
One can tell politicians who have no other claim to current notoriety than to make stupid ----- up in riling up those who are even dumber than they are and are currently being mouthed by the great goof ball Donald Trump in the White House, and all his political -------- and minions. Also, see Fox News, InfoWars, Drudge Report, Sean Hannity, esp. Newt Gingrich, et. al.
We have a lot of conservative "tin foil hat" patients here in Western State Mental Hospital who are long term residents of a deep state of delusion who believe in a Deep State in our government; that being anyone in government who disagrees with recent and sad political pathetics like President Trump.
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