1. If government relies on principles of majoritarian democracy to justify its decisions about who may vote, it must respect the same principles in designing voting districts. 2. And a strong victory by Bush can only help down-ticket candidates, namely those in voting districts where Latinos abound. 3. And his decisions on single-member voting districts led to the election of black officials in various East Texas communities. 4. And Parker and Musgrove tied in electoral votes, based on who got the most votes in each state House voting district. 5. At issue is whether state legislatures in Louisiana and Georgia violated the rights of white voters in creating predominantly black voting districts. 6. -- Laid down strict new rules limiting the use of race as a factor in the design of voting districts. 7. A similar population shift brought Northern Ireland-style apartheid to Portadown, along with gerrymandered voting districts that insured unionist domination of the Craigavon Council. 8. But a few months ago, board officials said that the practice violated state law, which provides for only one polling place in each voting district. 9. In addition, more voting machines failed in voting districts that are predominately black than in other areas. |