<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="4">The gerrymander CRISIS in the U.S.A. is N-O-W.<BR>
Advanced P.R. will require a bit of public education -- regardless of the armies of math MORONS in the courts, in legislative bodies and esp. in the brain dead media and polisci depts in colleges and universities.<BR>
The top [5] below is of course arbitrary -- BUT something MUST BE done to get SOME sort of P.R. into the U.S.A. before the gerrymander robot party hacks [aka powermad OLIGARCHS] start Civil War II and/or World War III.<BR>
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Reality check -- The U.S.A. is as *democratic* as a rock on Mars -- <BR>
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i.e. Democracy is *ALMOST* gerrymander D-E-A-D in the U.S.A.<BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="4"><B>AUTOMATIC</B></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="4"> ANTI-Democracy indirect minority rule in all legislative bodies having single member districts (subareas) since 4 July 1776 -- </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="4"><B>with or without</B></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="4"> intentional gerrymanders --<BR>
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-- </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="4"><B>BOTH</B></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="4"> houses of the U.S.A. Congress, </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="4"><B>ALL</B></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="4"> houses of </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="4"><B>ALL</B></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="4"> 50 State legislatures and </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="4"><B>many, many</B></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="4"> local govt legislative bodies (whole or part). <BR>
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INTENTIONAL Gerrymanders (based on prior election results) = <BR>
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(A) The most political enemies possible are </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="4"><B>PACKED</B></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="4"> into the fewest gerrymander districts possible = political concentration camps.<BR>
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(B) The rest of the area is </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="4"><B>CRACKED</B></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="4"> into friendly gerrymander districts -- with the friendly party hack candidates trying to get a majority / plurality of the votes in such districts -- at least 55 percent to be in a *safe seat* district -- i.e. a *safe* 10 percent winning margin [NOT so safe after the 2006-2008-2010 *wave* elections ???].<BR>
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Results --<BR>
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1. Half [a plurality - near 1/2] of the votes in a bare majority [1/2 plus 1] of the gerrymander districts [political concentration camps] for 1 party control = about 25 percent ANTI-Democracy indirect MINORITY RULE in ALL 50 States.<BR>
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1/2 votes x 1/2 gerrymander districts = 1/4 CONTROL = pre-school STONE AGE minority rule math -- </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="4"><B>with or without</B></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="4"> intentional gerrymanders.<BR>
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Much, much worse minority rule math in primary elections -- with the winners elected in the gerrymander districts in general elections.<BR>
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2. UNEQUAL votes for each gerrymander district winner -- i.e. a de facto POWERMAD legislative monarch in each political concentration camp.<BR>
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3. UNEQUAL total votes in each gerrymander district -- i.e. political concentration camp.<BR>
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See </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="4"><B>ALL</B></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="4"> of the </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="4"><B>SUPER-MORON gerrymander math opinions</B></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="4"> in Vieth v. Juberlier, 541 U.S. 267 (2004) [PA] and L.U.L.A.C. v. Perry, 548 U.S. 399 (2006) [TX] due to MANY, MANY, MANY lawyer and amicus prof MORONS <BR>
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-- unable to detect the above 3 math items in their New Age ignorant MORON brains <BR>
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-- and especially the district AREA FIXATION in gerrymanders -- i.e. regardless of the number of ACTUAL voters in each gerrymander district ON ELECTION DAYS - regardless of any obsolete Census stats.<BR>
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrymandering<BR>
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Each gerrymander is an </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="4"><B>Act of W-A-R</B></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="4"> against REAL Democracy.<BR>
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The persons making the gerrymanders are </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="4"><B>ANTI-Democracy W-A-R criminals</B></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="4">.<BR>
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Again -- there is </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="4"><B>AUTOMATIC</B></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="4"> 25 percent indirect minority rule just by having districts.<BR>
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Result -- the business-as-usual nonstop brain dead ANTI-Democracy minority rule gerrymander *politics* in the Congress and ALL States in the U.S.A. since 4 July 1776 -- i.e. gerrymander monarchs / oligarchs making special interest gang monarchy / oligarchy laws.<BR>
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Computerized minority rule gerrymanders 2010 Census<BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="4">http://www.caliper.com/mtredist.htm<BR>
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http://www.caliper.com/Redistricting/state_edition.htm<BR>
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Anything new and different since the 1964-1966, 1972, 1982, 1992 and 2002 minority rule gerrymanders -- except even better and better ANTI-Democracy computerized gerrymander programs to even better and better identify the political prisoners (i.e. Electors-Voters) in each political concentration camp (i.e. gerrymander district) using the 2010 Census stats in 2011-2012 ???</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="4"><BR>
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ATTACK the ANTI-Democracy gerrymander systems in the media and the courts.<BR>
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U.S.A. Const. Art. IV, Sec. 4 [Republican Form of Government -- NO monarchy / oligarchy (minority rule) regimes allowed to control a State directly or indirectly] and 14th Amdt, Sec. 1 [Equal Protection Clause].<BR>
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See about 25 paragraphs in the 1787-1788 Federalist about the RFG in Art. IV, Sec. 4 -- <BR>
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I.E. RFG starts with D and ends with Y -- direct or indirect.<BR>
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REAL Democracy begins at home.<BR>
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SAVE Democracy NOW 26 Aug 2014<BR>
Current ANTI-Democracy gerrymander math in many governments in the U.S.A. --<BR>
1/2 (or less) votes x 1/2 (bare majority of) rigged pack/crack gerrymander districts (concentration camps) = 1/4 (or less) CONTROL indirectly.<BR>
Blatant subversions of USA Const. Art. IV, Sec. 4 (Republican Form of Government) and 14th Amdt, Sec. 1 (Equal Protection Clause).<BR>
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Basic Democracy Reforms<BR>
26 Aug 2014 [optional language]<BR>
1. ONE election day. NO caucuses, primaries and conventions.<BR>
2. Proportional Representation in all legislative body elections. ALL voters get represented with BOTH majority rule and minority representation = DEMOCRACY.<BR>
3. NONPARTISAN nominations and elections of all elected executive officers and all judges.<BR>
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Sec. 1. An election shall only be held on [date] of each year [(except for recall elections)].<BR>
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Sec. 2. (1) All elected officers of any type shall be registered Electors in the election area involved in addition to any other qualifications in this constitution.<BR>
(2) All election laws and districts shall exist by [210] days before the election involved.<BR>
(3) No change in any election area shall reduce the terms involved.<BR>
(4) Any incumbent seeking re-election to the same office shall file an affidavit of candidacy provided by law by [203] days before the election.<BR>
(5) The names of other candidates shall by law be put on the ballots by (a) nominating petitions signed by Electors in the area involved equal to [0.2] percent of the number of Electors who voted at the last regular election [for governor] in such area and filed by [98] days before the election, or (b) filing fees equal to such [0.2] number multiplied by a uniform money amount and filed by [196] days before the election.<BR>
(6) Each Elector may sign 1 or more petitions for the same office.<BR>
(7) No filing shall be withdrawn.<BR>
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Sec. 3. (1) The Electors shall elect the members of each legislative body for [1] year terms.<BR>
(2) As nearly as possible, each legislative election district shall be 1 or more [local governments] or a part of 1 [local government] (using major roads and rivers for internal boundaries), have the same number of Electors who voted at the last regular election [for governor] and be contiguous and square.<BR>
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Sec. 4. (1) Each legislative body candidate shall receive a list of all other candidates in all districts by [56] days before the election.<BR>
(2) Each candidate shall rank such all other candidates (using 1 (highest), 2, etc.) and file such list by [49] days before the election.<BR>
(3) The lists shall be made public on the next day.<BR>
(4) If a valid list is not filed, then the candidate’s name shall be removed from the ballots.<BR>
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Sec. 5. (1) Each Elector may vote for 1 candidate for each legislative body.<BR>
(2) The [5] candidates getting the most votes in each district shall be elected.<BR>
(3) The votes for each losing candidate shall be moved to the elected candidate in any district who is highest on the losing candidate’s rank order list.<BR>
(4) Example- 100 Votes. Elect 5.<BR>
A 20 Elected<BR>
B 18 Elected<BR>
C 15 + 9 = 24 Elected<BR>
D 13 + 8 = 21 Elected<BR>
E 10 + 7 = 17 Elected<BR>
X 9 - 9 = 0 Loses, Votes to C<BR>
Y 8 - 8 = 0 Loses, Votes to D<BR>
Z 7 - 7 = 0 Loses, Votes to E<BR>
Total 100<BR>
(5) Each member shall have a voting power in the legislative body equal to the final votes that he/she gets.<BR>
(6) A fractional part of a legislative body shall mean the members having such fractional part of the total voting powers.<BR>
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Sec. 6. (1) A legislative body candidate or member may file a written rank order list of persons to fill his/her vacancy (if any) which shall be made public immediately.<BR>
(2) The qualified person who is highest on the list shall fill such vacancy.<BR>
(3) If the preceding does not happen, then the legislative body shall fill such vacancy with a person of the same party (if any) immediately at its next meeting.<BR>
[i.e. NO more vacancy special elections for legislators.]<BR>
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Sec. 7. The Electors shall elect all elected executive officers [(at least a chief executive, a clerk and a treasurer)] in each government for [1] year terms and all judges [for [6, 4 and/or 2] year terms as provided by this constitution and law] at nonpartisan elections.<BR>
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Sec. 8. (1) Each Elector may vote for 1 or more candidates for each executive or judicial office (including 1 write-in vote for each position).<BR>
(2) The candidate(s) getting the most votes shall be elected (for the longest terms respectively).<BR>
[This is the Approval Voting method.]<BR>
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Sec. 9. Terms of office involved shall end on election days and start the next day.<BR>
[To END after election lame duck stuff. Elections would use ALL paper mail ballots to be counted not later than Election days. See Oregon elections.]<BR>
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Advanced (more complex) P.R. would have Condorcet head to head math (using Number Votes) and YES/NO votes as a tiebreaker.</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="2"></FONT></HTML>