I didn't realize that Texas had law. -----Original Message----- From: Sandy Clark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 10:12 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Emergency: Democracy under attack in Texas
There's a reason its called gerrymandering (historically, re-districting is done after a census to ensure representation per state based on the reapportionment of the population). This was done after the census (as required by law). What the republicans are trying to do is to redistrict after its already been done. Whether its legal or not I don't know, I don't know Texas law. For some information on gerrymandering (which is considered illegal) http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa030199.htm -----Original Message----- From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 10:54 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Emergency: Democracy under attack in Texas Good response Jim. It makes me wonder - why not simply use grids for districts. Who cares if a district has 2 people in it or 2 million. If a grid was used there would be no arguments about this at all. -rc > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 8:10 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Emergency: Democracy under attack in Texas > > > I agree that there is no "attack" taken legally (although > this is obviously a political attack). [deletia] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm
