Isishayamthetho esilawulwa yiRiphabhulikhi eNorth Carolina babuthana ngeseshini ekhethekile esheshayo ngesonto eledlule yokuguqula amavoti abavoti abazowabona ngoNovemba - futhi amaDemocrats abhikishela ukuthi izinguquko zenzelwe ukutshekisa imiphumela yokhetho.
Emasontweni ambalwa edlule, isiShayamthetho sigunyaze izichibiyelo eziyisithupha kumthethosisekelo okhethweni lwangoNovemba, okuhlanganisa nezimbili ezizobanikeza amandla angakaze abonwe phezu kwegatsha eliphezulu nezamajaji kahulumeni. Abezomthetho babe sebebona ukuthi ikhomishini enamalungu amathathu ephethe ukuchaza izichibiyelo emavotini yakhiwe ngamaDemocrats amabili kanye nelinye lamaRepublican. U-Rep. David Lewis, usihlalo we-House Elections and Ethics Law Committee, ucele iseshini ekhethekile ukubhekana nalokho, ukubiza ngaphandle kobufakazi bokuthi amaqembu anenqubekela phambili ayezama ukuthonya ikhomishana.
Ngesikhathi somhlangano waso okhethekile wosuku olulodwa ngoJulayi 24, isishayamthetho siphasise umthetho omusha osibeka phezu kokubhalwa kolimi lokuvota ukuze kuchitshiyelwe. Abavoti sebezobona kuphela izincazelo zesishayamthetho, ezigxekayo phikisa ziyadukisa. Isichibiyelo esisodwa, isibonelo, sizonikeza isishayamthetho amandla okulawula nokuqoka yonke ibhodi yezwe noma ikhomishana, kodwa ivoti lizosho ukuthi ukuchitshiyelwa โkucacisaโ nje igunya lokuqokwa.
Izishayamthetho zeRiphabhulikhi nazo zasebenzisa iseshini ukuze idlule okwamanje omunye umthetho ukwenza izinguquko okhethweni lwangoNovemba lweNkantolo eNkulu yaseNorth Carolina. Ababili abebengenele ukhetho bafake inselelo yokuthi baphonsele inselelo lowo ophethe iJaji laseRiphabhulikhi uBarbara Jackson: ummeli wamalungelo abantu u-Anita Earls*, oweDemocrat, kanye nommeli wokulimala komuntu uChris Anglin, osanda kushintsha inhlangano yakhe esuka kuDemocrat yaba yiRepublican, okuholele emacaleni athi ugijima njengomphangi. khipha amavoti kude noJackson. Umthetho omusha uthi abangenele ukhetho eNkantolo eNkulu yesifundazwe abakwazi ukugijima njengelungu leqembu lezepolitiki ngaphandle uma sebengamalungu okungenani izinsuku ezingama-90. Umbuso usuvele unesidingo esifanayo kwamanye amahhovisi.
Esinye isishayamthetho seRiphabhulikhi sikubeke kwacaca ukuthi umthetho wawumayelana nokunqoba u-Earls, yena bekhononda "yayingakwesobunxele sikaHubert Humphrey," usopolitiki okhululekile waseMinnesota owayesebenza njengephini likamongameli ngaphansi kukaLyndon Johnson.
Amademokhrasi athe azoya enkantolo ayophonsela inselelo imithetho emisha - mhlawumbe nenqubo esheshayo nengacacile yokuyiphasiswa. IsiShayamthetho asizange siyidalule imithetho ehlongozwayo kwaze kwaba yilapho sihlala emhlanganweni oyisipesheli ntambama ngoJulayi 24 sayiphasiswa. ngalobo busuku. Izishayamthetho ziphinde zashintsha imithetho ukuze zikwazi ukweqa i-veto elindelekile yombusi ngokushesha uma kwenzeka.
Ukuthanda umuntu osesikhundleni
Njengoba abavoti bakhetha iningi leDemocratic Alliance eNkantolo Ephakeme yaseNorth Carolina ngo-2016, izishayamthetho ze-GOP ziphasise uchungechunge lwemithetho eshintsha indlela ukhetho lweNkantolo Ephakeme oluqhutshwa ngayo. Ngo-December 2016, baze bacabangela a uhlelo lokupakisha enkantolo ukuvumela umbusi ophumayo weRiphabhulikhi ukuthi agcwalise izihlalo ezimbili ezintsha futhi agcine iningi leRiphabhulikhi. Izishayamthetho zihoxe ngemuva kwesikhalo esishubile emphakathini.
Kunalokho, isishayamthetho saphasisa a umthetho okwenza izinhlanga zeNkantolo Ephakeme yezwe zibe nengxenye. INorth Carolina iyisifunda sokuqala cishe eminyakeni eyikhulu ukwenza ushintsho olunjalo, njengoba izifundazwe eziningi zisuka okhethweni lokwahlulela oluhlangene. I-North Carolina yayisivele yenze imijaho yezinkantolo eziphansi yaba ingxenye yochungechunge lwemithetho eyaphasiswa phakathi kuka-2015 no-2017. Namuhla, okuyizifunda kuphela ezikhetha izinkantolo zazo eziphakeme kuphela ukhetho lwezinhlangothi yi-Alabama, Louisiana, North Carolina, naseTexas. (I-Illinois kanye ne-Pennsylvania bakhetha amajaji emiqhudelwaneni yeqembu, kodwa abasesikhundleni babe sebengenela ukhetho kabusha okhethweni โlokugcinaโ olungaphikiswanga.)
Isishayamthetho saseNorth Carolina sisanda kudlulisa imithetho emibili leyo ukuqinisekisa igama lomuntu ozongenela ukhetho eNkantolo eNkulu yeDemokhrasi lizovela phansi evotini. Omunye uhambise ukhetho phansi kwevoti, futhi omunye uholele ekutheni u-Earls afakwe ohlwini olungezansi kwabangenele ukhetho lweRiphabhulikhi ababili.
Futhi ngonyaka odlule, izishayamthetho zaluhoxisa ukhetho lwalo nyaka lweNkantolo Ephakeme. Lokho kudale amathuba omjaho ominyene onamaRiphabhulikhi amaningi namaDemocrats - kanye nobubi beqembu. Impela, ngenyanga edlule iflaya engaqondakali evela eqenjini lemali eyimfihlo kuxhunyiwe kwabeluleki beRiphabhulikhi yathunyelwa kubameli beDemocratic Alliance, ibanxenxa ukuthi bangenele eNkantolo Ephakeme. Awekho amaDemokhrasi athathe isithiyo.
Khonamanjalo, Iqembu laseNorth Carolina Republican Party lingenela umjaho weNkantolo Ephakeme ngewebhusayithi kanye nabathumeli beposi behlasela u-Earls ngerekhodi lakhe njengommeli wamalungelo abantu. Izikhangiso ezibekwe amacala okucwasa zigxeka u-Earls ngokuvikela uMthetho Wobulungiswa Bobuhlanga, a uphawu lomhlaba umthetho wezwe owawuvumela izinkantolo ukuthi zichithe izigwebo zentambo futhi zibophe udilikajele esikhundleni salokho uma izibalo zikhombisa ukuchema kobuhlanga ekukhetheni ijaji elikhipha isigwebo sentambo. Umqondisi Omkhulu we-NC GOP uDallas Woodhouse wembula iwebhusayithi nge- Tweet ixwayisa ngokuthi u-Earls osebhentshini uzoba โyingozi empilweni yomuntu.โ
Uma u-Earls elahlekelwa, esinye sezichibiyelo zomthethosisekelo ezihlongozwayo ingavula umnyango ohlelweni lokupakisha izinkantolo ngokunikeza izishayamthetho amandla okunquma ukuthi yimaphi amajaji agcwalisa izihlalo ezingenamuntu - amandla okumanje angekambusi, iDemocrat. Uma abavoti begunyaza isichibiyelo, isishayamthetho esikhubazekile singakha izihlalo ezimbili ezintsha eNkantolo Ephakeme futhi sigcwalise ngokushesha izikhundla ezintsha, sidale iningi lama-Republican angama-5-4.
Phakathi nengxoxo yokuchitshiyelwa okuhlongozwayo, ilungu lesishayamthetho leDemokhrasi Ebuzwa ozakwabo baseRiphabhulikhi ukuze bacacise ukuthi ukupakisha enkantolo kwakuyisizathu yini. Akekho owakhuluma.
Ukubusa njengondlovukayiphikiswa
Amabhodi abahleli eNorth Carolina nabanye abahlaziyi bagxeke izishayamthetho zeRiphabhulikhi ngokuhlwithwa kwazo kwakamuva amandla kanye nokushintsha imithetho ngesaziso samahora kuphela emphakathini nakubasebenza nabo beDemocratic Alliance.
Izindaba Nezibukeli ulahlwe abaholi bezomthetho "njengabangenawo amahloni ngokugobela umthetho ngezinjongo zokuchema." I-WRAL e-Raleigh wathi abaholi โbasheshe benza lezi zichibiyelo ngasese, benza konke ababengakwenza ukuqinisekisa ukuthi kunesaziso esincane emphakathini kanye nezingxoxo ngangokunokwenzeka futhi basebenza kanzima ukufihla noma yimiphi imininingwane ngomthelela walezi zichibiyelo ukuze izakhamuzi zingaziswa ngokugcwele uma babhekane nabo endaweni yokuvota.โ Futhi Mark Joseph Stern of Slate kuchazwe imithetho yakamuva โnjengomsebenzi weqembu elizama ngamandla ukubukela phansi ukufinyelela okulinganayo evotini ukuze lizigxilise emandleni.โ
Imizamo yeGeneral Assembly yokutshekisa ukhetho lweNkantolo Ephakeme kanye nokuguqula umthethosisekelo wezwe iyingxenye yemizamo yeningi lamaRiphabhulikhi yokuqinisa amandla. I-extreme partisan gerrymandering isivele idale i-veto-proof supermajority futhi kufakwa kusuka ekuziphenduleleni kwezepolitiki. Lesi sikhulu manje sesiphasise izichibiyelo zomthethosisekelo esinikeza isishayamthetho ukulawula okwengeziwe kwamanye amagatsha amabili kahulumeni wezwe. Ngenxa yokuthi izishayamthetho azikwazi ukumisa ukhetho lwezwe lonke lwamagatsha ezomthetho nezikhulu, zifuna ukuchibiyela umthethosisekelo ukuze zikwazi ukulawula lawo magatsha.
Ababukeli babe kuphawulwe ukufana phakathi kwezenzo zeNorth Carolina General Assembly kanye neSenate yase-US elawulwa yiRiphabhulikhi, eshintsha imithetho yayo ukuze kuqinisekiswe uMongameli uTrump. ikakhulukazi omhlophe nowesilisa abaqokwe bezomthetho ngesivinini esirekhodiwe. AmaRiphabhulikhi eWashington abonakala eboleka eNorth Carolina Republicans' anti-democratic incwadi yokudlala ngokubamba amandla.
* Umbhali unikele ngo-$200 emkhankasweni we-Earls ngoDisemba 2017, ngaphambi kokujoyina abasebenzi be-Facing South.
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