2013-01-22

Don't put off til 2021 what you could gerrymander today!


Virginia Republicans are attempting a new round of gerrymandering just a couple months after the first election on new maps. Apparently the new maps aren't gerrymandered enough. For bonus points they did this on inauguration day while the news was focused elsewhere and perhaps more importantly while an opposing vote in the state senate was away in Washington DC.

The mid-term redistricting in Texas in 2003 was brazen and offensive but this really takes it to a new level and outrages my cynical heart.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/01/21/1180936/-While-You-Were-Out-Virginia-Senate-Republicans-pull-redistricting-coup?detail=hide

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/22/virginia-redistricting-henry-marsh_n_2523818.html

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/01/republicans-dirty-trick-inauguration.php?ref=fpb