Minority Districts Better, Not Perfect, Some Residents Say; Drawing Boundaries for 4 Minority-Access Seats Has Proved ChallengingByline: Steve Patterson A string of Jacksonville residents asked a City Council panel...By PattersonSteve
Issue 4: Chance to get districts right Bureaucrats wouldn't be in control of drawing political boundaries 来自 highbeam.com 喜欢 0 阅读量: 26 作者: J Bruce 收藏 引用 批量引用 报错 分享 全部来源 求助全文 highbeam.com 相似文献Decentralization with political trump: Vertical control, local ...
So, while it is true that recognizing gerrymandering is not hard to do, actually fixing its negative effect on the democratic process isfar more difficult. There are plenty of legitimate reasons for changing voting districts, so outlawing the ability of governments to do that altogether is simply...
But for the people who oversee county elections, getting new boundaries for 120 Senate and Assembly seats, 53 congressional seats and four Board of Equalization districts would merely be a first step. They would have to redraw 25,000 precincts to fit the new districts, reassign polling places ...
Elbridge Gerry, the governor of Massachusetts, supported and signed a bill to allow redistricting. That is, redrawing the boundaries that separate districts. The catch? The new lines would favor Gerry's own political party, the Democratic-Republican party, which no longer exists...
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Read the full-text online article and more details about "Drawing Lines for Lawmakers a Difficult Task Boundaries Face Disarray When 2 New Districts Set" by Pinzur, Matthew I. - The Florida Times Union, January 7, 2001By PinzurMatthew I...