[Magdalen] Gerrymandering was Canada's election

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

That's the case with my district in New York.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
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On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 11:27 AM, Jim Guthrie <jguthrie at pipeline.com> wrote:

> Of course,the Voting Rights Act encouraged gerrymandering in many states
> in the South.
>
> Districts that zig-zag across entire states and sometimes connected for
> several miles my nothing more than the width of the interstate highway the
> line follows are drawn to VRA specifications to create African-American
> districts. By making sure such districts were created, states; district
> lines were approved under VRA.
>
> And you can be sure these districts will continue to exist after the 2020
> census redistricting, resulting in all-white conservative Republicans
> continuing to run these sates (and litter Congress) while claiming, "Well,
> we don’t need the Voting Rights Act -- heck, we're even following their
> directions without the law!"
>
>
> Cheers,
> Jim
>