We live in a crazy world. I think we can all agree on that. But when I read the story on Georgia State legislators are heading to Washington, D.C. to work on preventing voter suppression, I had to wonder, “Have state legislators become assistants to Congressmen?” While constituencies overlap, a state legislator does not report to Congress, and they have a separate set of responsibilities. More on that later.
In the last session under the Gold Dome, S.B. 202 was passed. Everyone who was elected may not have agreed with the bill as it was not a unanimous vote, but the process was met. It seems to me if you wanted a different outcome, a state legislator would try to find people to run against people who voted for the bill and then try to win the majority in the next election. At least, that is how we used to do it. Today, our Georgia Democratic Party minority in the legislature thinks they should go to DC and try to pass a federal law on the subject. That is just backwards.
State legislators should be protecting the rights of the state and the constituents they represent. If you do not like the party in power, then you run better candidates and try to win the majority back.
Here is a primer. Visit your constituents, hear them out. Represent your constituents not the party you claim to belong to. The biggest problem with politics today is the constituent is left out of the process. All electeds care about is the next office or the big money donor. That is a flaw that Democrats and Republicans have. Get back to the people and this cycle of craziness will be over.
