Greg Abbott Writes:
Yep, who cares whether or not TWENTY THOUSAND PEOPLE (about 5 percent of the city) have been disenfranchised. It's only about forty times the number of voters who provided the winning margin for George Bush in Florida three years ago. News flash: we had three council elections last time 'round decided by about 150 votes or less.
Dennis Plante Responds:
I'm not quite sure I agree with this, unless of course you consider that citizens living in wards that are OVER-REPRESENTED are disenfranchised as well.
Based on the numbers provided by Fred Markus, as of 03/25/2002, there are 9,209 (2.41% of the total population) living in wards that are under-reprepresented (below the average ward size) and 10,207 (2.67% of the total population) living in wards that are under-represented (above the average ward size).
Dennis Plante Jordan
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