As much as some would like it to disappear, the issue of electoral reform remains for Virginia Beach. The New Journal & Guide, South Hampton Roads' weekly African-American newspaper, ran this story http://www.njournalg.com/BeachVotersChallengeElectionSystem.htm
Okay, two glaring factual errors in the story:
1. It gets the number of City Council members wrong.
2. You can't single-shot this cycle, as only one at-large seat is up.
Two things the story misses on:
1. Even bigger than the Norfolk court case is the possibility of Barack Obama winning in November. The former civil rights lawyer would have a Democratic Congress to create all the new statutory authority he needs to have voting systems like Virginia Beach's struck down.
2. A cumulative voting system for Virginia Beach would add diversity to City Council while negating every publicly stated reason I've heard for maintaining at-large voting.
The story mentions the 2011 Redistricting process. I drafted 2 of the 7 plans in 2001. If the 2011 process started tomorrow, I'd submit a six district plan and an eight district plan on day one.
3 comments:
No surprise with Carl Wright...he is all rhetoric and no substance.
Still pimping that race war, eh Henry?
-Reid
On the one hand, Reid claims to support the VBTA's position of backing a ward system.
On the other hand, Reid ignores The Voting Rights Act of 1965, the prime vehicle for getting a ward system in Virginia Beach.
No, I leave race wars for Reid's kind of racial warriors: the KKK, Arayan Nation, etc.
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