http://www.indyweek.com/indyweek/republicans-to-wield-their-power-through-redistricting/Content?oid=1983594 Comments On: Republicans to wield their power through redistricting by Joe Schwartz en-us Copyright 2013 Indy Week. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Indy Week readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Indy Week. pweber@indyweek.com (Indy Week Webmaster) Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:01 -0400 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:00:00 -0400 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss "The federal Voting Rights Act, passed in 1965 and reauthorized in 2006, requires that minority communities not be split, to avoid the historic practice of fracturing African-American districts and thus diluting their voting power. In North Carolina, 40 counties, including Guilford, Person and Granville, require federal approval to make any changes, because of a history of voting discrimination."

Now how could that have happened?
Posted by ammcat]]> Thu, 27 Jan 2011 10:19:37 -0500 Indy Week http://www.slate.com/id/2274411/slideshow/…

or the 2nd
http://www.slate.com/id/2274411/slideshow/…

or the 3rd
http://www.slate.com/id/2274411/slideshow/…

or the famous 12th
http://www.slate.com/id/2274411/slideshow/…

If North Carolina weren't already the most gerrymandered state (ok, the state that has the highest number of egregiously gerrymandered districts -- four of Slate's top 20), I feel certain that the Republicans would make it so.

Just as the Dems have done for 100 years, the GOP will carve it up into incumbent protecting districts to preserve their new generation of crooks.


Posted by McCleary]]> Thu, 27 Jan 2011 09:03:48 -0500 Indy Week
In some countries a party could get 49% of the votes and still get 0% of the seats in the parliament(senate/congress).
Posted by Peter Arneke]]> Thu, 27 Jan 2011 08:37:36 -0500 Indy Week