This Charlotte Observer article describes the ongoing process this week and next week for North Carolina legislators to redraw the legislative districts. The work is being done in public, and the discussions can even be watched on-line.
This Charlotte Observer article describes the ongoing process this week and next week for North Carolina legislators to redraw the legislative districts. The work is being done in public, and the discussions can even be watched on-line.
ANTI-DEMOCRACY GERRYMANDER MATH 0000001 – 25 PCT CONTROL
1/2 OR LESS VOTES X 1/2 RIGGED GERRYMANDER AREAS = 1/4 OR LESS CONTROL = ANTI-DEMOCRACY OLIGARCH REGIMES
= USA CONGRESS, ALL STATE LEGIS, MANY LOCAL REGIMES —
— SINCE 1618 [VA] / 1776 / 1789.
— whoever/whatever making the AUTOMATIC ANTI-DEMOCRACY minority rule single member district schemes —
with much, much, much worse primary math.
—
Remedy since 1840s (REPEAT 1840s) —
PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION —
BOTH MAJORITY RULE [DEMOCRACY] AND MINORITY REPRESENTATION.