In Columbia, MO, a city district has been gerrymandered down to a single, unintended voter
08-28-2015, 01:05 AM
08-28-2015, 01:05 AM
Here's the story of a rather funny bit of gerrymandering gone wrong:
College student would be sole voter in CID sales tax decision
What happened was that the city, on the request of a group of business owners, redistricted part of the city to create a district with no residents. This was done because if there are no resident votes on the subject of things like tax increases, the vote is then given to property owners in the district instead. However, due to a bit of a screw up, they missed a single college student who is now the only resident in the district. So she gets to cast the deciding, and only vote. And from the article, it looks like she's leaning towards voting No, which is not what the business owners who masterminded this want, as without the sales tax increase there would be a property tax increase instead.
I rather wonder how often this is done successfully, though.
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Stand between the Silver Crystal and the Golden Sea.
"Youngsters these days just have no appreciation for the magnificence of the legendary cucumber." --Krityan Elder, Tales of Vesperia.
College student would be sole voter in CID sales tax decision
What happened was that the city, on the request of a group of business owners, redistricted part of the city to create a district with no residents. This was done because if there are no resident votes on the subject of things like tax increases, the vote is then given to property owners in the district instead. However, due to a bit of a screw up, they missed a single college student who is now the only resident in the district. So she gets to cast the deciding, and only vote. And from the article, it looks like she's leaning towards voting No, which is not what the business owners who masterminded this want, as without the sales tax increase there would be a property tax increase instead.
I rather wonder how often this is done successfully, though.
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Stand between the Silver Crystal and the Golden Sea.
"Youngsters these days just have no appreciation for the magnificence of the legendary cucumber." --Krityan Elder, Tales of Vesperia.