from the subtracting-votes-by-adding-confusion dept It may be almost impossible to devolve this country into a nation of slaveholders, but the Trump administration and all of its MAGA buddies are working hard to make sure a white person’s vote counts more than a vote cast by anyone else. These bigots recently got an assist from the Supreme Court , which decided minorities can have their votes rendered meaningless so long as the people doing the gerrymandering don’t actually say the quiet part loud. Redistricting for the sole purpose of excluding as many non-whites as possible is perfectly legal if politicians never affirmatively state that the only reason they’re doing this is to make sure minorities can’t vote against their racist asses. This is all part of what the state of South Dakota is doing now. Governor Larry Rhoden was never elected to his post. He was elevated after Kristi Noem was selected to head the DHS by Donald Trump.…