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The ‘Lower 41’: Q: Are We Not Districts? A: We Are Paramecium!

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The ‘Lower 41’: Q: Are We Not Districts? A: We Are Paramecium!

Guidelines for drawing districts following the Census call for compactness, contiguity, and honoring the integrity of community, wherever practicable. Today, we ‘honor’ four districts that were drawn with none of those standards in evidence. Artificial constructs designed to preserve an artificial majority. Any or all of the four could have, and should have, been grounds […]

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