If gerrymandering has been around for such a long time, why are its most extreme effects being felt only now?
Three reasons: Mapping. Connecting. Cultivating
Scientific gerrymandering, and the astute use of other advantages that accrue to incumbents, have resulted in an electoral sea wall around the House of Representatives that can withstand all but the most powerful political tsunamis.
USAToday Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2006 by Ross K. Baker
The Constitution was framed upon the theory that the people must sink or swim together, and that prosperity and salvation are in union. Benjamin Nathan Cardozo
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Thursday, October 12, 2006
Voting System Security & Suppression Strategies
Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of LawMission Statement
The Machinery of Democracy: Voting System Security, Accessibility, Usability, and Cost. The report is the final product of the first comprehensive, empirical analysis of electronic voting systems in the United States. It comes after nearly two years of study with many of the nation’s leading academics, election officials, economists, and security, usability and accessibility experts.
Cast Out: New Voter Suppression Strategies in 2006 and Beyond We are well-informed of Election Day problems, but disenfranchising policies silently affect hundreds of thousands of voters long before then. These new voter suppression strategies will have an enormous impact on elections in 2006 and beyond.
The Machinery of Democracy: Voting System Security, Accessibility, Usability, and Cost. The report is the final product of the first comprehensive, empirical analysis of electronic voting systems in the United States. It comes after nearly two years of study with many of the nation’s leading academics, election officials, economists, and security, usability and accessibility experts.
Cast Out: New Voter Suppression Strategies in 2006 and Beyond We are well-informed of Election Day problems, but disenfranchising policies silently affect hundreds of thousands of voters long before then. These new voter suppression strategies will have an enormous impact on elections in 2006 and beyond.
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Gov. of California vetoes AB 2948
LA Times by Jordan Rau, Times Staff Writer October 1, 2006
The governor rejected legislation to have California join a campaign by states to elect presidents by a national popular vote instead of by the Electoral College. AB 2948 by Assemblyman Tom Umberg (D-Anaheim) was intended to compel contenders to campaign everywhere and not just primarily in swing states.
The governor rejected legislation to have California join a campaign by states to elect presidents by a national popular vote instead of by the Electoral College. AB 2948 by Assemblyman Tom Umberg (D-Anaheim) was intended to compel contenders to campaign everywhere and not just primarily in swing states.
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