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Vazdul (Formerly Chairman of the Communist Party of Ontario)
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« on: June 29, 2011, 01:52:30 PM »

How about we eliminate VRA districts. We all know they only benefit democrats.

Of course they do. Especially in states like Florida where they draw a minority-pack district to make all of the surrounding districts uber-Republican. Or North Carolina, where the shoestring district prevents the creation of a separate Democratic seat in Greensboro-Winston-Salem. Roll Eyes

Instead let's take the current population numbers and divide by 500,000. The districts would be fair and you would have 617 members of congress. In this instance, Indiana would have 13 congressional districts. California would have 74.

This on the other hand is perfectly reasonable, although I should point out that increasing the size of Congress does not guarantee fair districts.
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