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Gerrymandering: How Politicians Steal Votes and You Can Return Them (Aaron Swartz: The Weblog)
by Shannon at 5:47 pm EST, Mar 9, 2004

Gerrymandering, the practice of remapping political districts for partisan political gain, is becoming a serious problem. As described in Jeffrey Toobin’s excellent New Yorker article, The Great Election Grab, new computer software allows whatever party controls the state legislature to redraw districts so finely and accurately that of the 435 House seats, only about 30 are actually contested.

Gotta love "democracy" in action.


 
 
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