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    Virginia: On Ballot- a measure to end partisan Gerrymandering

    Virginia: On Ballot- a measure to end partisan Gerrymandering

    We have some members who are really frightened of political gerrymandering. Well it is constitutional- elections have consequences. States are free to reign it in.

    On the November ballot we will get to vote on creating a nonpartisan body to draw districts every 10 years. Since VA is now blue due to Progs moving in from high tax Maryland and DC I will vote Yes for this ballot measure.

    Since the Progs took the statehouse last election expect them to vote No.

    How would forum members who fear partisan gerrymandering vote if they lived in Virginia?

    In Virginia, the gerrymander goes all the way back to the first congressional elections, when then-Gov. Patrick Henry drew up a district to try to keep James Madison, father of the Constitution that Henry opposed, out of the House of Representatives.



    Madison, though, campaigned vigorously despite a chronic case of hemorrhoids, and beat James Monroe in a race featuring two future presidents.



    Now, Virginia voters are deciding whether to alter their state constitution to support redistricting reform that would take the once-every-10-year task of drawing maps out of legislators' hands, at least to an extent, and give it to a bipartisan panel.



    The debate over the referendum comes one year after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that allows even extreme partisan gerrymandering. But even though the issue has become a hot-button one nationally, the Virginia referendum is the only redistricting question on the ballot in the U.S. this year, said reform advocate Brian Cannon.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    Virginia: On Ballot- a measure to end partisan Gerrymandering

    We have some members who are really frightened of political gerrymandering. Well it is constitutional- elections have consequences. States are free to reign it in.

    On the November ballot we will get to vote on creating a nonpartisan body to draw districts every 10 years. Since VA is now blue due to Progs moving in from high tax Maryland and DC I will vote Yes for this ballot measure.

    Since the Progs took the statehouse last election expect them to vote No.

    How would forum members who fear partisan gerrymandering vote if they lived in Virginia?
    The left says they are against gerrymandering. Except in places like New York, Chicago, California. Wherein their party controls the gerrymandering.
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    The D's were all in favor of gerrymandering until; well, they weren't.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    Virginia: On Ballot- a measure to end partisan Gerrymandering

    We have some members who are really frightened of political gerrymandering. Well it is constitutional- elections have consequences. States are free to reign it in.

    On the November ballot we will get to vote on creating a nonpartisan body to draw districts every 10 years. Since VA is now blue due to Progs moving in from high tax Maryland and DC I will vote Yes for this ballot measure.

    Since the Progs took the statehouse last election expect them to vote No.

    How would forum members who fear partisan gerrymandering vote if they lived in Virginia?

    Wait what? Shouldn't good ultra libs be happy to pay those high taxes in the name of education and helping programs?

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    Quote Originally Posted by donttread View Post
    Wait what? Shouldn't good ultra libs be happy to pay those high taxes in the name of education and helping programs?
    The Maryland and DC high taxes don't translate into better education for the kids.
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    How do you ever put together a non-partisan committee? Who selects them?

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    Quote Originally Posted by carolina73 View Post
    How do you ever put together a non-partisan committee? Who selects them?
    Devils in the details, right? I suppose they will have activists from both sides and hopefully the process is transparent.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    The Maryland and DC high taxes don't translate into better education for the kids.
    Payola stuff? NYS is a huge property tax state as well and even a home worth under 200 grand can be paying 5 K a year . Some places it is no doubt worse like in the upper Adirondacks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by carolina73 View Post
    How do you ever put together a non-partisan committee? Who selects them?

    In this polarized world that won't be easy. I think what they mean is party balanced which is not the same thing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    Virginia: On Ballot- a measure to end partisan Gerrymandering

    We have some members who are really frightened of political gerrymandering. Well it is constitutional- elections have consequences. States are free to reign it in.

    On the November ballot we will get to vote on creating a nonpartisan body to draw districts every 10 years. Since VA is now blue due to Progs moving in from high tax Maryland and DC I will vote Yes for this ballot measure.

    Since the Progs took the statehouse last election expect them to vote No.

    How would forum members who fear partisan gerrymandering vote if they lived in Virginia?
    I voted yes for this today.

    It will be made up of party picked people, equal amounts from each of the 2 parties, plus an equal number of random citizens somehow.

    This may or may not be better than letting the controlling party make the rules, but it certainly can't be any worse.

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