> Brian Melendez wrote: > >> Drawing a district's boundaries so that the district advantages or disadvantages a particular candidate, even an incumbent, is a form of gerrymandering ... The Special Redistricting Panel ... "... whether the plan results in either undue incumbent protection or excessive incumbent conflicts." >>
. All during the campaign, the candidates, and indeed all voters, fully expected the lawful winners to fulfill 4 year terms. It seems to me that to force a duly elected official to submit to a new election, prior to the end of the agreed-upon term period, very greatly disadvantages that particular official. It is certainly not undue 'protection' to simply allow a legally elected official to fulfill their expected term, without being subjected to an additional surprise election. Dave Stack Harrison (where the Warden Oil and Chemart superfund sites are planned to be cleaned up in 2004) REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
