Posts Tagged gerrymandering
Election Day
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Random Blogging on November 8th, 2011
Today is election day in Indiana. I know the system is close to broken. We’ve been subjected to negative ads because candidates believe–unfortunately, with much justification–that they cannot be elected unless they “define” their opponents. Districts have been gerrymandered. In Indiana, Republicans have worked to make it more difficult for people–especially poor people–to cast a [...]
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Power to the People
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Public Policy and Governance on February 21st, 2010
Back in the wild and woolly Sixties, “Power to the People” was a slogan often shouted at sit-ins and the other disruptive gatherings that characterized those tumultuous times. We hear similar chants today from those attending “tea party” events. Reporters covering the various factions of so-called tea partiers tell us that there really is no [...]
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Even When They’re Right on Principle…
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Random Blogging on January 18th, 2010
As readers of this blog know, I’m a firm proponent of nonpartisan redistricting. Gerrymandering “games”–played by both parties–simply allow incumbents to choose their voters, rather than the other way around. So I have been inclined to be supportive of Todd Rokita’s traveling road show, even while somewhat suspicious of his motives. Rokita, after all, was [...]
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