Jezebel, a national media outlet focusing on women's issues, published a Nov. 20 commentary, "Republicans In North Carolina Want To Re-Segregate Their State And Kick Women Out Of Office." They included this video – produced by the state Democratic Party – criticizing the GOP redistricting plans. Here's an excerpt:
There's a battle being waged in North Carolina right now which, if lost, could mean very bad things for anybody who's not a white man in that state. The issue at hand is redistricting, the process of redrawing electoral district lines to account for population shifts. As is often the case, the fight over where to draw the boundaries has devolved into quite the partisan clusterfluffernutter.
The Republicans are currently in the majority, and they are trying to maximize their power by redrawing boundaries in their favor. Shocker! But as annoying as it is, it's a commonplace occurrence during any redistricting—and, in fact, Democrats in North Carolina did something similar ten years ago when they were in control. The difference between then and now, however, is that this time around the GOP is trying to cement their power largely by reducing the influence of black voters and doing away with seats held by women.
If this sounds eerily like something from the last century to you, you're not alone.
There's a battle being waged in North Carolina right now which, if lost, could mean very bad things for anybody who's not a white man in that state. The issue at hand is redistricting, the process of redrawing electoral district lines to account for population shifts. As is often the case, the fight over where to draw the boundaries has devolved into quite the partisan clusterfluffernutter.
The Republicans are currently in the majority, and they are trying to maximize their power by redrawing boundaries in their favor. Shocker! But as annoying as it is, it's a commonplace occurrence during any redistricting—and, in fact, Democrats in North Carolina did something similar ten years ago when they were in control. The difference between then and now, however, is that this time around the GOP is trying to cement their power largely by reducing the influence of black voters and doing away with seats held by women.
If this sounds eerily like something from the last century to you, you're not alone.
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Is the sky falling, is this the end, or is it all fear-mongering spin??? Time will tell.
By D. Dial
11/21/2011
That's really funny, considering that the women in the U.S. House delegation from NC are all republicans. The democratic House delegation is all male.
By J
11/22/2011