Comments on: Re-District Alabama for us http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2010/02/04/re-district-alabama-for-us/ & Home of Lawn Mower Repair Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:36:41 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Don http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2010/02/04/re-district-alabama-for-us/comment-page-1/#comment-61932 Don Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:44:44 +0000 http://www.politicalparlor.net/?p=7267#comment-61932 Danny, our current congressional districts aren’t nearly as insane as are our weirdly gerrymandered legislative districts which were designed to help the party that controlled our state legislature when they were drawn. Those are the districts that I’d like most to see changed. I’d like to see some changes in law that would allow Alabama to have state legislative districts that are more homogenous and look more like our congressional districts. Why not just use our congressional district lines and elect maybe 7 to 10 legislators at large in each of the 7 districts, and at the same time change to a unicameral legislature (such as Nebraskans have enjoyed having for nearly ¾ of a century) with the Alabama legislature composed of only 49 to 70 legislators all known as “Senators” rather than our present 35 Senators plus 105 Representatives? There are many more advantages in having a legislature designed like Nebraska’s that people can learn about if they research it. I guess something like that would make too much sense to even be considered, much less approved, until Alabama becomes the 25th state to have an Initiative and Referendum process that voters can use to bring those changes about like Nebraska’s voters did. That’s why I give my full support to Representative Mike Ball’s HB201 as I hope thousands of other Alabama voters will. Danny, our current congressional districts aren’t nearly as insane as are our weirdly gerrymandered legislative districts which were designed to help the party that controlled our state legislature when they were drawn. Those are the districts that I’d like most to see changed. I’d like to see some changes in law that would allow Alabama to have state legislative districts that are more homogenous and look more like our congressional districts.

Why not just use our congressional district lines and elect maybe 7 to 10 legislators at large in each of the 7 districts, and at the same time change to a unicameral legislature (such as Nebraskans have enjoyed having for nearly ¾ of a century) with the Alabama legislature composed of only 49 to 70 legislators all known as “Senators” rather than our present 35 Senators plus 105 Representatives? There are many more advantages in having a legislature designed like Nebraska’s that people can learn about if they research it.

I guess something like that would make too much sense to even be considered, much less approved, until Alabama becomes the 25th state to have an Initiative and Referendum process that voters can use to bring those changes about like Nebraska’s voters did. That’s why I give my full support to Representative Mike Ball’s HB201 as I hope thousands of other Alabama voters will.

]]> By: 2010 http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2010/02/04/re-district-alabama-for-us/comment-page-1/#comment-61898 2010 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:57:48 +0000 http://www.politicalparlor.net/?p=7267#comment-61898 I would put District 2 like it once was (before the last redistricting). Put all of Montgomery county back in district 2 and give Lowndes back to district 7. And yes, that means Autauga and Elmore also stay in district 2. I would put District 2 like it once was (before the last redistricting). Put all of Montgomery county back in district 2 and give Lowndes back to district 7. And yes, that means Autauga and Elmore also stay in district 2.

]]> By: Danny http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2010/02/04/re-district-alabama-for-us/comment-page-1/#comment-61891 Danny Fri, 05 Feb 2010 03:30:56 +0000 http://www.politicalparlor.net/?p=7267#comment-61891 But it also makes Rogers' district better for a Republican, doesn't it? More than anything, I was simply including a map to illustrate the post about the application. How would you draw it? :) But it also makes Rogers’ district better for a Republican, doesn’t it?

More than anything, I was simply including a map to illustrate the post about the application.

How would you draw it? :)

]]> By: 2010 http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2010/02/04/re-district-alabama-for-us/comment-page-1/#comment-61869 2010 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:28:58 +0000 http://www.politicalparlor.net/?p=7267#comment-61869 Danny - did bright draw that map? haha. Adding macon county and taking autauga and elmore out of AL 02 make it a democrat win. Danny – did bright draw that map? haha. Adding macon county and taking autauga and elmore out of AL 02 make it a democrat win.

]]> By: Danny http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2010/02/04/re-district-alabama-for-us/comment-page-1/#comment-61847 Danny Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:58:12 +0000 http://www.politicalparlor.net/?p=7267#comment-61847 jpo, The map in the post is one example of how the Congressional districts might be redrawn post-census in an effort to forge compromise support. You can see, for example, that Montgomery is not mostly surrounded by the 2nd Congressional District as it is currently, and that the 5th Congressional District doesn't have a little finger extending down into Morgan County as it does now. (You can <a href="http://www.nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/pdf/congdist/pagecgd110_al.pdf" rel="nofollow">see the current map here in a .pdf file</a>.) Danny jpo,

The map in the post is one example of how the Congressional districts might be redrawn post-census in an effort to forge compromise support. You can see, for example, that Montgomery is not mostly surrounded by the 2nd Congressional District as it is currently, and that the 5th Congressional District doesn’t have a little finger extending down into Morgan County as it does now. (You can see the current map here in a .pdf file.)

Danny

]]> By: JD http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2010/02/04/re-district-alabama-for-us/comment-page-1/#comment-61838 JD Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:43:48 +0000 http://www.politicalparlor.net/?p=7267#comment-61838 Cong 7 will need a large infusion of voters. Montgomery is the logical place for these to come from. Do you help Bobby Bright at the expense of the 7th District? Cong 7 will need a large infusion of voters. Montgomery is the logical place for these to come from. Do you help Bobby Bright at the expense of the 7th District?

]]> By: 2010 http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2010/02/04/re-district-alabama-for-us/comment-page-1/#comment-61827 2010 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:10:34 +0000 http://www.politicalparlor.net/?p=7267#comment-61827 bobby bright will do all he can to add some counties with a heavy minority vote to AL - 02. in the last re districting, AL - 02 added Lowndes County. I am sure Bright would like to see more of the same this time. bobby bright will do all he can to add some counties with a heavy minority vote to AL – 02. in the last re districting, AL – 02 added Lowndes County. I am sure Bright would like to see more of the same this time.

]]> By: jpo http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2010/02/04/re-district-alabama-for-us/comment-page-1/#comment-61824 jpo Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:49:34 +0000 http://www.politicalparlor.net/?p=7267#comment-61824 the map's wrong Danny about the black percentage of cd 3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama%27s_3rd_congressional_district the map’s wrong Danny about the black percentage of cd 3.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama%27s_3rd_congressional_district

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