01-15-2018, 10:50 AM
(01-11-2018, 09:38 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: That's the thing, this isn't a one-sided issue, but it is something everyone should be concerned about. Gerrymandering along partisan lines allows the parties to pick who they represent. What it should be is the people choosing who represents them. This is a tool used by the parties to manipulate the electoral process and, essentially, disenfranchise people by discounting their votes in some instances. This is why I support our efforts in the General Assembly to make this illegal. I will actually be heading to Richmond to discuss this issue next month. My Outback will have five people in it, and it runs the gambit from a die-hard libertarian to a Berniecrat. This issue is one the people should get behind because politicians in both parties are using to get one over on us.
Oh I know this isn't a single party issue, I'm just poking fun at Democrats a little.
I've said it before and I'll say it again that Congressional districts need to be in a grid form and the block shrinks or expands depending on population. No more of these districts that wrap around others, just blacks that shrink or expand.
I know that can be hard to do but it needs to be worked out.
