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Gerrymandering by latino and black caucus

Name: Anonymous 2011-10-31 16:10

http://www.npr.org/2011/10/31/141457122/chicago-leaders-spar-over-redistricting

Lobbyists that want to redraw voting district lines so that minorities get more representation....

The city's Latino population is now at nearly 30 percent. Alderman Danny Solis, who heads the City Council's Latino Caucus, says the ward map the Black Caucus proposed is simply a starting point. It would drop one majority black ward and create two more majority Latino wards.

"The numbers we have now are not enough. The figure speaks for themselves. We are in need of more Hispanic wards in the city of Chicago," Solis says.

Name: Anonymous 2011-11-02 11:59

>>10
False analogy. You are one 300,000,000th of the population (assuming you're American). Having one 300,000,000th of Congress that actually represents you isn't a "special right". Congress cannot be divided by 300,000,000. It can be divided by 100 though. If your group were 1% of the population wouldn't it make sense if 1% Congress were made up of someone sympathetic to your group?

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