On March 19, the 3-judge U.S. District Court in Favors v Cuomo released a 43-page opinion, setting out the boundaries for U.S. House districts in New York. The court acted because it was persuaded that the legislature would not act in time. The second half of the opinion, beyond page 43, has maps of the new districts. Thanks to Bill Van Allen for the link.
ALL single member district schemes AUTOMATICALLY produce indirect minority rule regimes.
1/2 votes x 1/2 districts = 1/4 Control — possible worse with 3 or more candidates per district.
De facto much worse due to primaries, etc.
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P.R. NOW – to save Democracy in the U.S.A.
The *fixes* at the end of the opinion are evil cute.
How many folks living somehow on the waterfront.
Love the census block with TWO folks on it.
How many of the EVIL incumbents will lose in the primary or general election ???
Demo Rep
Please join the fun at the NYS Court of Appeals coming very soon. The litigation tool will be the “dead letter” language of the NYS constitution.
— please intervene, you will add to the discussion
The court acted because the Dems and Reps couldn’t, or wouldn’t, reconcile their maps to account for just a couple of conflicts. Each has publicly stated, through various spokespersons, that they think the court-drawn districts give them real advantages. This year could be a free-for-all in New York, at least among the two parties. Several incumbents have retired and/or share a new district with another incumbent.