alieninthegame t1_j82ugdq wrote on February 11, 2023 at 5:26 AM

Reply to comment by Uncast in Texas Taxpayers Face a $100M Bill to Update Voting Machines with Equipment That Doesn’t Exist Yet by Sorin61

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roboninja t1_j83jnv1 wrote on February 11, 2023 at 10:57 AM

Not relevant for State elections I am pretty sure? Or is Texas "special" that way too?

GravyDangerfield23 t1_j83oax2 wrote on February 11, 2023 at 11:59 AM

Not entirely true.

It is still relevant as to how the state legislature is broken down, but yes, it is less relevant. For example, let's say for simplicity's sake that Texas had 4 million Dems & 6 million Republicans, leading to a 40/60 split that we would hope to see reflected in the govt body. If there were 10 legislative seats, each representing 1 million people, we could carve up 10 districts — 1 district that had 900k Dems and 100k Republicans, and the other 9 would all have 344,444 Dems and 655,555 Republicans, leading to an easy 90/10 split for Republicans.