Here’s the numbers as of yesterday, 48 competitive, switchable, at risk districts. Currently held by 36 Democrats and 12 Republicans. Safe seats as of 20 May 2022, 164 Democratic, 195 Republican. Which simply means in 359 of the 407 districts drawn so far, the winner is already determined. It doesn’t matter whether they hold an election in those 359 districts or not. New York hasn’t completed their redistricting yet. But I would imagine NY will add 20 safe Democratic seats and 4 safe Republican seats. That would make it 383 safe districts or districts where the result of either a Republican or Democrat is elected is already known. I have just received word that New York has passed their new map, I’ll have an update on that later.
The huge turnout in Georgia didn’t surprise me. While some restrictions were placed on absentee voting, Georgia expanded early voting. Early voting began on the 2nd of May and end on 20 May. Counties are required to have at least early voting on two Saturdays Counties can also have early voting on Sunday’s if that is what they want to do. But not required nor prohibited. Georgia expanded early voting from 15 days in 2020 to a minimum of 17 for 2022 with the possibility of 19 if the county includes Sundays. Here’s the whole skinny. This voter suppression mantra was hyped beyond belief in my opinion. You can make up your own mind.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/georgia-voting-law-9-facts/
