Brad Rosenheim@Brad_Rosenheim@climatejustice.social
Living in New Orleans more than a decade ago, I was concerned about gerrymandering and effect it was having at radicalizing our representative democracy in the U.S.A. Not only was it radicalizing our political choices, but it had the effect of bringing our legislative bodies to ideological gridlock. I wrote the paper about a new idea, and I posted a more detailed scheme online, sending letters to every senator at that time.
Back then, though, politicians still played the rules, waiting until census years, and using thinly-veiled political speak to make their actions seem more high-browed than simply gerrymandering to get more votes. Back then, admitting the truth would be akin to saying that your party had no good ideas and couldn't win elections on merit.
Now, that is exactly what the GOP is saying. And they are acting to cancel the mid-term elections (there goes all the "we just have to vote" people!) through gerrymandering. What I wrote back then still stands - it is a good idea (with a few faults, but better than what we have now).
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https://www.nola.com/opinions/technology-could-give-voters-a-square-deal-letter/article_d8014c53-0bd0-58b3-8a26-ee2c0c564609.html