Every ten years we take a census
of
the population, and every ten years the Congressional districts are
revised to reflect changes in the population distribution. Some
states gain representatives, some lose. That's all well and good;
the problems occur when it becomes necessary to draw new districts, and
politicians -- being the slimeballs they are -- work very hard to come
up with creative methods of slicing up the territory to consolidate the
power of their own party while scattering supporters of the opposing
party among various districts so that they can never matter in an
election again.
We could ask these politicians
nicely
to quit being slimeballs. Or, to seriously address the problem,
we could adopt the following amendment:
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