Michael Atherton wrote: > The answer to that question is one reason why a conservative would > vote and support the Green party, and why the DFL is losing elections.
I have to believe that an election in ought-three would favor the Greens more than the DFL, if for no other reason than the greater the distance between trips to the polls the greater the chance for lost momentum. More importantly, it seems pretty cut and dried that if the boundries are redrawn in such a way that a segment of the population is no longer represented at City Hall, then you need to have a new election. However, since the boundaries could theoretically change every ten years, and elections are currently held every four years, then this problem could reoccur at pretty regular intervals (if an election is held in '03, then in '07, then in '11 you are right back to square one if the '10 census dictates another change). One way to really keep things consistent would be to reduce the number of wards to say six, making the areas large enough that the census would be less likely to skew them, and elect (in this case seven) at-large Council Members, or (and this would be the better choice IMHO) reduce the Council terms from 4 years to 2 years and run the elections concurrent with congressional elections. Just a thought, richard carney st. paul _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
