For years, it has been highlighted how our nation's
reliance upon winner-take-all elections and single member districts for
Congressional elections without national standards has left our voting process
open to the abuses of unfair partisan gerrymandering.
Insiders for decades have known how powerful redistricting
can be for elected officials to protect friends and undermine opponents.
It's a blood sport that both parties have exploited, thereby minimizing the role of
voters in the political process.
By gerrymandering the districts, legislators and their
political cronies have used redistricting to choose their voters, before voters
have had the opportunity to choose them
For the historical development of redistricting, see All About Redistricting. For a
solution to the gerrymandering problem, see the Fair Voting plan for the U.S. House.
Citizens demand reducing the size of government; does that
include having fewer elected officials receiving handouts from citizens?
What if reducing the number of elected official brought about
Elected Official accountability, responsibility, and culpability to
constituents (Citizen Voters).
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