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Saturday, June 4th, 2022

This is how far Republicans will go to subvert the will of the voters

Author:     Dana MIlbank
Source:     The Washington Post
Publication Date:     June 2, 2022 | 7:00 a.m. EDT
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Stephan:   Here is more on the Republican nationwide effort at both the federal and state level to destroy American democracy. That millions of Americans either don't get this, or are happy to have the country turned into an anocracy with the Republicans in permanent control I find one of the most chilling events of our history. We are at a moment of schism as great as the prelude to the Civil War.
A man fills out a ballot at a voting station in Mt. Gilead, N.C., on May 17. Credit: Sean Rayford/Getty

Just how far will Republicans go to thwart the will of the people?

South Dakota is one of only 12 states where, a dozen years after the passage of the Affordable Care Act, Republicans are still blocking the expansion of Medicaid. But Medicaid expansion is popular among South Dakotans, who are on the cusp of approving it this year by a ballot initiative, the same tool used to overcome Republican lawmakers’ obstruction in six other states.

So Republicans in the South Dakota legislature came up with a novel solution: They are moving to enshrine minority rule in the state constitution. Worse, they are attempting to force through their constitutional amendment imposing minority rule by holding the vote on a day when only hardcore Republican voters are expected at the polls.

South Dakota’s GOP-controlled legislature put its Medicaid-expansion-killing amendment on the ballot for June 7, the state’s primary Election Day. Because Read the Full Article