Tag: redistricting
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Soundbite: Carey, CitizenWill and the 2006 Redistricting Referendum
WCHL1360 caught a small taste [MP3] of Wednesday’s “debate”. I’ve since heard the radio ad promoting,to some small extent (and, hopefully, unintentionally), the referendum. Besides surmounting all the advertising – radio, print – the layout of the ballot will probably prove to be the hardest obstacle to overcome. As someone (thanks) pointed out to me, […]
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Oct. 18th: Carey, CitizenWill and the 2006 Redistricting Referendum
I’m on the hot seat tomorrow as pro-referendum Orange County Commissioner Moses Carey (and legions of staffers) try to counter my pro-democracy arguments against local election redistricting 😉 Seriously, if folks walk away understanding how this redistricting actually diminishes “small d†democracy, distorts voter-power, potentially overweights rural influence and that other, better, alternatives were not […]