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FBaggins

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14. Not really
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 10:22 PM
Jul 30

They would have to hold a special session to propose a constitutional amendment, get a 2/3 vote of both chambers (we have larger majorities in both chambers - but not all agree on this) - and then schedule a special election to get the voters to weigh in (at least 131 days later) - which is not a gurantee since they voted to apply the current amendment to House seats by over 20 points just fifteen years ago.

And when all is said and done... it would be risky even if it worked. There are already far more endangered blue seats than there are red seats in the state. Shifting more red votes into currently blue seats is not without risk.

Note that California is already gerrymandered in our favor. Trump received 56% of the vote in TX and the House delegation 25-14 and they're trying to move it to 30-9. But Harris received 58% of the CA and we already hold a 43-9 advantage in the House delegation. Put another way - they hope to knock us down to 23% of the delegation... but they're already down to 17% in CA.

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